Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Wednesday, 3 June 2009.

Employment: E2E

Question: My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply and welcome the emergency funding that the Secretary of State has recently announced. However, is the Minister aware that a number of young people were turned away from these courses before that emergency funding was announced? What will the Government do to bring them back into the fold, as it is important that they have these entry to employment courses? Since no one knows how long the credit crunch and inflated demand will go on, is she confident that the budget for next year and the year after will be big enough?

Answer: My Lords, the noble Baroness raises an extremely important question. The additional funding made available in the recent Budget announcement will be about creating an extended September guarantee, which will make available to all young people the opportunity of education or training from September. Of course, the noble Baroness highlights the many young people who want to access these programmes before September. The Learning and Skills Council and others are working hard to see how we can build flexibility into the system so that that can happen.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 711 c212
Session: 2008-09
Oral question type: 1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Finance Employment schemes Young people Entry to employment programme
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk