§ 109. Mr. Geraint HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to review his Department's schemes for the unemployed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThe Government's policies have produced a business climate in which nearly 3 million new jobs have been created over the last six years. As a result, there are now more people in work in this country than ever before in our history. My Department runs a wide range of programmes which have assisted unemployed people to secure those jobs and share in this new prosperity. These measures are kept under regular review to ensure that they continue successfully and cost effectively to help unemployed people back into work.