§ 30. Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will introduce new measures for the creation of employment opportunities for the Workington travel-to-work area. [9446]
§ Mr. ForthNew jobs are being created all the time. The latest labour force survey shows that the number of people in employment in Great Britain rose by over 300,000 in the year summer 1994 to summer 1995.
The priority for the Department is to help unemployed people get these jobs. In November, I announced a programme of 1.5 million opportunities to do that, which has more than doubled the number of places on 1-2-1, a programme of intensive help tailored to the needs of the individual jobseeker.