Action Teams for Jobs

HC Deb 15 April 2002 vol 383 c699W

33. Paul Goggins

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the work of action teams for jobs. [45047]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

Action Teams for Jobs are helping the most disadvantaged jobless people in the most employment deprived areas into work. They are performing well, developing innovative and individually tailored solutions to the problems people face when looking for work.

By the end of February, Action Teams had helped over 23,700 jobless people into work. In the first six months of the new South Manchester Action Team, which covers my hon. Friend's constituency, the team has engaged with 304 people and already helped 51 of these move into work.