Written question asked by Mark Fisher (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2008. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Regeneration Schemes: Employment Opportunities

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department has taken through regeneration schemes to maintain employment opportunities.

Answer: We are working on a number of fronts to ensure that our approach to regeneration supports employment opportunities—particularly for the most vulnerable.Last year we launched the £1.5 billion Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF)—to provide resources to local authorities that have the highest concentrations of worklessness.Looking forward, we have recently completed the consultation period on the document ““Transforming Places, Changing Lives””. This sets out new proposals to ensure that future regeneration activity acts to promote economic opportunity in our most deprived communities.

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