WQ95890 (e) Tabled on 24/02/2025

How much is allocated for the young person's guarantee in the 2025-26 final budget, and will the Cabinet Secretary provide a full breakdown of that funding?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language | Answered on 04/03/2025

Detailed below is a full breakdown of the Employability including Young Persons Guarantee BEL line for the 2025-26 final budget including the programmes underpinning the YPG.

 

Programme/Delivery Area

£000

Programme supports YPG

YPG Self Employment (16-24 year olds)

1.396

Jobs Growth Wales+ (16-19 year olds)

32.000

React+ (all age)

7.425

Communities for Work+ (all age)

16.834

Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales (16-24 year olds)

1.010

Remaining Programmes within the BEL line

Welsh Union Learning Fund (WULF)

1.871

Wales Trades Union Congress (TUC)

1.468

Flexible Skills Programme

7.531

Employability Policy & Testing (EMPL)

0.550

World Skills

0.250

Regional Skills Partnerships (RSPs)

1.160

Skills Implementation Policy

0.135

WG Staff Costs

5.614

Marketing

0.648

Net Zero Skills

0.500

Careers Wales

20.482

Working Wales

9.350

National Occupational Standards (NOS)

0.365

Application Management (Maintenance & Support)

1.268

Total

109.857