§ Lord Harrisonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Jobrotation initiative, associated with the New Deal Scheme and supported financially by the European Social Fund ADAPT programme, which seeks to recruit staff from marginalised groups to the tourism and hospitality industries, has been a success; and whether they will expand the scheme beyond the South East and South West. [HL4221]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)The ADAPT-funded Jobrotation pilot is providing additional training, leading to National Vocational Qualifications, for 120 unemployed people on New Deal and 600 employed people in the South East and South West. It benefits hotel staff at eight centres and 80 per cent of the New Deal trainees have remained in sustainable employment after one year.
Funding is available from the European Social Fund Objective 3 programme to enable other organisations to develop this idea in other parts of Great Britain.