Economic Affairs Committee
Employment and COVID-19: time for a new deal
3rd Report of Session 2019-21 - published 14 December 2020 - HL Paper 188
Contents
Chapter 1: COVID-19 and the economy
Figure 1: Real GDP central forecast and alternative scenarios
Employment and COVID-19: an unequal crisis
Figure 2: Peak-to-trough falls in sectoral output
Protecting jobs: policy response
Figure 5: The evolving cost of the coronavirus policy response in 2020
Job retention and support schemes
Figure 6: Comparison of job retention schemes, selected countries
Box 1: Changes to job retention schemes
Figure 7: Changes to the Job Retention Scheme and Job Support Scheme
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Box 2: Gaps in employment support packages
Box 3: Example from Peter Heath, Professional Lighting and Sound Association
Lockdowns and restrictions: economic support
Proposals for recapitalisation
Box 4: Glossary of certain Universal Credit terms
Universal Credit standard allowance
Box 5: Example from Tracy Fishwick OBE, Managing Director of the Transform Lives Company
Support for children and families
Box 6: Training, skills, and employment support schemes
Department for Work and Pensions: employment support
Aligning Kickstart and apprenticeships
Jobs, skills and training guarantee
Investment in ‘social infrastructure’
A ‘green industrial revolution’
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/480/employment-and-covid19/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.