HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 c506W
72. Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the results of the trial use of outreach workers and video facilities to make contact with the longer-term unemployed.

Mr. Lee

The employment service is trying a number of outreach activities to make its services more accessible to unemployed people, including the long-term unemployed. The main projects areSpecialist "inner city officers" working from jobcentres. Direct access to jobs and information through videos and information technology.

Advertising of jobs on television.

These projects are still being evaluated.