HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc402-3W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the number of persons benefiting from the jobmatch scheme; what the scheme cost; and what the planned expenditure was for 1995. [1763]

Mr. Forth

The fullest information available, covering the period 3 April to 30 September 1995, shows that 989 people had benefited from jobmatch at a total programme cost of £497,000. The overall planned expenditure for the 1995–96 financial year was £5 million.