§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the number of people who have found jobs through the Employment Zones. [159003]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 26 April 2001]: The latest figures available show that from April 2000 to the end of March 2001 the contractors running the Employment Zones had claimed for 8,057 people into jobs. This is an under-representation of the actual number of jobs achieved as the figure does not include those jobs for which contractors have yet to provide the necessary evidence.