§ Miss KirkbrideTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Government aid was given to the north-east to deal with the effects of job cuts at the Fujitsu plant; and how much this was per worker facing redundancy. [116285]
§ Mr. Caborn£415,000 was made available through the rapid response fund to help those facing redundancy from Fujitsu quickly to take up new jobs or training, where no alternative provision is already available.
The allocation of £415,000 was not on a per head basis but resulted from a bid by the Fujitsu Response Group to provide job search and training beyond that available through the Employment Service and Durham Training and Enterprise Council.
The number of employees made redundant was 576.