§ 24. Mr. Kenneth Carlisleasked the Paymaster General whether he will quantify the effect of enterprise agencies in the creation of employment.
§ Mr. TrippierLocal enterprise agencies are clearly making a significant contribution to job creation at the local level. The annual reports of individual agencies frequently give details of jobs that the agencies have helped to create or save, but no reliable national figures are yet available. My Department is supporting a survey, currently being undertaken by Business in the Community, which looks at both the support provided to agencies and the work they undertake; this should enable a better overall picture of the impact of agencies to be established.