Proceeding contribution from James Purnell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 November 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Employment.

Employment

Absolutely. The £100 million is there to get to people even before they lose their jobs. People may have banking skills that are highly transferable to other areas. With a little bit of quick retraining, we may be able to get such people back into work even before they fall out of work. If they do sign on for benefits, I should say that we give exactly the same priority to services for people with professional backgrounds as we give to services for people from different backgrounds.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 483 c630
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Employment Government assistance Jobcentre Plus Job creation Pensioners Redundancy New deal schemes Unemployment Social security Training Local employment partnerships
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Employment

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