# Create 200,000 more work experience placements

> “A new National Mission on Work Experience will work with employers, mayors and local leaders to create 200,000 additional work experience placements, while expanding technical and vocational pathways.”
>
> — HM Government; Press release (Department for Work and Pensions), 15 October 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Education](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/education)
- **Speaker:** [HM Government](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/hm-government)
- **Made on:** 15 October 2026
- **Where:** Press release (Department for Work and Pensions)
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** Young people leaving education
- **When:** Not stated
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-biggest-hospitality-brands-partner-with-government-to-deliver-100000-jobs-for-neet-young-people (checked word for word at its source on 18 October 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 19 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-work-experience-200k-2026

## Where it stands

A new National Mission on Work Experience is to create the placements with employers, mayors and local leaders. The same release also lists 300,000 additional work experience and training placements alongside the Jobs Guarantee, without saying how the two figures relate. It gives no date and no cost for the 200,000. The card moves when the government reports placements created.

## Timeline

- 15 October 2026, Promised: The government says a new National Mission on Work Experience will create 200,000 additional work experience placements

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Department for Work and Pensions press release, 15 Oct 2026: Britain's biggest hospitality brands partner with Government to deliver 100,000 jobs for NEET young people](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-biggest-hospitality-brands-partner-with-government-to-deliver-100000-jobs-for-neet-young-people)

## Checks

- Verified by Pavel Guzhikov, checked by AI Journalist; approved on 19 October 2026.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 18 October 2026.

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