§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in what ways the jobmatch programme for claimants aged 18 to 25 years will differ from the rules and provisions of the pilot programme. [10261]
§ Mr. ForthThe new jobmatch programme will be delivered through the Employment Service and will remain broadly similar to the pilot programme. It will offer 4,000 places in 1997–98 to help those aged under 25 who have been unemployed for two years or more to leave unemployment for a part-time job. The programme will differ from the pilots in that there will no longer be two payments of the weekly jobmatch allowance after the initial payment period of 26 weeks, and in that the procedures for issuing training vouchers will be simplified.