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Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 December 1995. It was answered by Eric Forth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 December 1995 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.


Dept for Education and Employment;Employment Service

Question
What estimate she has made of the redundancy, deadweight and substitution effects of the pilot Workstart schemes; and what estimate she has made of the proportion of Workstart beneficiaries who remain in paid employment with the same employer (a) six months and (b) one year after the end of the wage subsidy; what research has been undertaken into the cost effectiveness of the workstart scheme in creating jobs for the long-term unemployed; and if she will summarise the results of that research. - Text of letter from MEG Fogden of Employment Service Agency; inc fig.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
268 c697W;268 c695W; 5383;5384
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Employment Employment schemes Long term unemployed people Training Research Take-up Workstart
Contains statistics
Yes