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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in public expenditure on the rate of female unemployment in the north east.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in public expenditure on the rate of female unemployment in the north east.
Asked by
Grahame Morris
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Grayling
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 April 2012
For answer on
23 April 2012
Answered on
1 May 2012
No specific assessment has been made. However, the number of women aged 16 to 64 in work in the north-east has remained stable over the last year, while the number not in work has fallen slightly both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the population. Within this, female unemployment has risen by 6,000 on the year, to 57,000, driven by falling inactivity—down 7,000, to 266,000—as more women have joined the labour force.
Subjects
Unemployment; North East
Date
1 May 2012
Reference
105133; 543 c1422W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of qualified speech therapists who are unemployed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of qualified speech therapists who are unemployed.
Asked by
Bob Russell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Nick Hurd
(Conservative)
Answering body
United Kingdom Statistics Authority
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 April 2012
For answer on
23 April 2012
Answered on
26 April 2012
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Cabinet Office.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated April 2012:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate he has made of the number of qualified speech therapists who are unemployed. 105241""Estimates of the number of unemployed people are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Unfortunately estimates of those qualified as speech therapists are not available."
Subjects
Unemployment; Speech and language therapy
Date
26 April 2012
Reference
105241; 543 c1006W
House
House of Commons
Can the Minister tell us how many young people have now been out of work for more than six months, and how that compares with the figure of a year ago?
Can the Minister tell us how many young people have now been out of work for more than six months, and how that compares with the figure of a year ago?
Asked by
Rachel Reeves
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
I would have thought the shadow Chief Secretary would have welcomed the fact that youth unemployment fell last month. That demonstrates that the Government are taking action to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment—a problem that did not emerge under this Government, as youth unemployment also rose when her party was in government.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
With the disgrace of having more than a million young people unemployed up and down this country, does the Minister not now regret scrapping the future jobs fund during the first few months after coming to power?
With the disgrace of having more than a million young people unemployed up and down this country, does the Minister not now regret scrapping the future jobs fund during the first few months after coming to power?
Asked by
Iain McKenzie
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
It was clear that the future jobs fund was not cost-effective in helping young people, and we have found that the work experience programme is 20 times more effective. We have introduced a range of measures to help young people find work. We have already talked about the increase in the number of apprenticeship places, the number of people being helped by the Work programme and the number of wage incentives in place through the youth contract. We are going to see more voluntary work taking place and more job experience. Those are the practical measures needed to tackle youth unemployment.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c793
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Minister failed to answer my question, so let me tell the House that 170,000 young people have been out of work for more than six months. That is an increase of 114% since just a year ago. Does the Minister think it is fair that families with children are being asked to pay a higher price for deficit reduction than the banks, and if not, will he reconsider reinstating the bank bonus tax to support young people back to work—especially as his Budget has given a tax cut worth £40,000 to 14,000 millionaires?
The Minister failed to answer my question, so let me tell the House that 170,000 young people have been out of work for more than six months. That is an increase of 114% since just a year ago. Does the Minister think it is fair that families with children are being asked to pay a higher price for deficit reduction than the banks, and if not, will he reconsider reinstating the bank bonus tax to support young people back to work—especially as his Budget has given a tax cut worth £40,000 to 14,000 millionaires?
Asked by
Rachel Reeves
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
I just point out to the hon. Lady that the last Labour Government ruled out introducing a bank levy. That levy is raising £2.5 billion, and it will raise £10 billion over the lifetime of this Parliament. I think it is right that banks should pay a fair contribution for the risks they have posed for the UK economy, and I would have thought she would have welcomed both the bank levy and the fall in youth unemployment last month.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Will the Minister explain to employers—in Bolsover and elsewhere—that as of this month there is a youth contract that will pay them to take on unemployed young people?
Will the Minister explain to employers—in Bolsover and elsewhere—that as of this month there is a youth contract that will pay them to take on unemployed young people?
Asked by
Harriett Baldwin
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Some 160,000 wage incentives, worth up to £2,775 each, are available for employers who recruit an 18 to 24-year-old through the Work programme.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Youth unemployment is clearly more acute in some parts of the country than in others. Why does the Minister think it has fallen in over a third of the country, including Bolsover, but not in some constituencies, such as Bradford West, where it has increased by 500?
Youth unemployment is clearly more acute in some parts of the country than in others. Why does the Minister think it has fallen in over a third of the country, including Bolsover, but not in some constituencies, such as Bradford West, where it has increased by 500?
Asked by
Duncan Hames
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
My hon. Friend makes the important point that the pattern of youth unemployment varies across the country. It is important that the necessary support is in place to help young people looking for work, and the Work programme is likely to help 100,000 young people this year. That is just one of the practical measures we are taking to tackle the problem of youth unemployment—which, as the right hon. Member for South Shields (David Miliband) said, started under the last Labour Government.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.
Asked by
Gemma Doyle
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Chloe Smith
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 April 2012
For answer on
24 April 2012
Answered on
24 April 2012
The Office for Budget Responsibility published the official forecast for UK unemployment on 21 March 2012, taking full account of Budget announcements.This forecast was broadly unchanged since the autumn statement, with unemployment expected to fall back from the start of 2013 as growth picks up.Since the autumn statement 2011, the Government have taken important steps to support private sector job creation and reduce unemployment. The £20 billion National Loan Guarantee Scheme launched last month will help smaller business across the UK access cheaper finance, and the £1 billion Youth Contract went live this month, providing employment and education opportunities for up to half a million young people.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
104810; 543 c838W
House
House of Commons
We have heard the same old stuff from the hon. Gentleman for the last 42 years. Perhaps it is time for him to help youth unemployment by creating a vacancy. We are providing young people with more help to get into work, with an extra quarter of a million apprenticeship places. I would have thought he would have welcomed the fact that the city of Sheffield enterprise zone is at Markham vale in his constituency. That is the sort of practical action this Government are taking to ensure that jobs are being created.
We have heard the same old stuff from the hon. Gentleman for the last 42 years. Perhaps it is time for him to help youth unemployment by creating a vacancy. We are providing young people with more help to get into work, with an extra quarter of a million apprenticeship places. I would have thought he would have welcomed the fact that the city of Sheffield enterprise zone is at Markham vale in his constituency. That is the sort of practical action this Government are taking to ensure that jobs are being created.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Dennis Skinner
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
So the answer is no: they are not going to introduce a bank bonus tax that could provide jobs for 100,000 young people and still leave money to spend on providing a training facility at Markham vale, which would serve all the constituencies of south Yorkshire and the north midlands. What an opportunity! If this posh, arrogant Government will not do that, the next Labour Government will do it for them.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c791-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We need to reform the labour market, which is why, as my hon. Friend will know, we have this month extended the qualifying period for unfair dismissal cases from one to two years. That has been welcomed and will encourage people to take on new employees. We also have a call for evidence on compensated no-fault dismissal. I have no doubt that she will make a submission to that call for evidence.
We need to reform the labour market, which is why, as my hon. Friend will know, we have this month extended the qualifying period for unfair dismissal cases from one to two years. That has been welcomed and will encourage people to take on new employees. We also have a call for evidence on compensated no-fault dismissal. I have no doubt that she will make a submission to that call for evidence.
Answered by
George Osborne
(Conservative)
Asked by
Elizabeth Truss
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
In 2005, Germany exempted businesses with fewer than 10 workers from unfair dismissal regulations and created flexible mini and midi-jobs. Since that date, youth unemployment in Germany has halved. What steps are the Government taking to improve flexibility and to get more young people into jobs?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c808
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The bank payroll tax is a one-off measure, but the Government have gone further by imposing a permanent bank levy that will raise £10 billion over the course of this Parliament. Those funds will help to pay for the youth contract, introduced this month, which will provide up to 500,000 young people with new education and employment opportunities.
The bank payroll tax is a one-off measure, but the Government have gone further by imposing a permanent bank levy that will raise £10 billion over the course of this Parliament. Those funds will help to pay for the youth contract, introduced this month, which will provide up to 500,000 young people with new education and employment opportunities.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Dennis Skinner
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
If he will consider imposing a further bonus tax on banks to fund job creation for young people who are unemployed.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c791
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
In 2005, Germany exempted businesses with fewer than 10 workers from unfair dismissal regulations and created flexible mini and midi-jobs. Since that date, youth unemployment in Germany has halved. What steps are the Government taking to improve flexibility and to get more young people into jobs?
In 2005, Germany exempted businesses with fewer than 10 workers from unfair dismissal regulations and created flexible mini and midi-jobs. Since that date, youth unemployment in Germany has halved. What steps are the Government taking to improve flexibility and to get more young people into jobs?
Asked by
Elizabeth Truss
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
We need to reform the labour market, which is why, as my hon. Friend will know, we have this month extended the qualifying period for unfair dismissal cases from one to two years. That has been welcomed and will encourage people to take on new employees. We also have a call for evidence on compensated no-fault dismissal. I have no doubt that she will make a submission to that call for evidence.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c808
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
It was clear that the future jobs fund was not cost-effective in helping young people, and we have found that the work experience programme is 20 times more effective. We have introduced a range of measures to help young people find work. We have already talked about the increase in the number of apprenticeship places, the number of people being helped by the Work programme and the number of wage incentives in place through the youth contract. We are going to see more voluntary work taking place and more job experience. Those are the practical measures needed to tackle youth unemployment.
It was clear that the future jobs fund was not cost-effective in helping young people, and we have found that the work experience programme is 20 times more effective. We have introduced a range of measures to help young people find work. We have already talked about the increase in the number of apprenticeship places, the number of people being helped by the Work programme and the number of wage incentives in place through the youth contract. We are going to see more voluntary work taking place and more job experience. Those are the practical measures needed to tackle youth unemployment.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Iain McKenzie
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
With the disgrace of having more than a million young people unemployed up and down this country, does the Minister not now regret scrapping the future jobs fund during the first few months after coming to power?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c793
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I would have thought the shadow Chief Secretary would have welcomed the fact that youth unemployment fell last month. That demonstrates that the Government are taking action to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment—a problem that did not emerge under this Government, as youth unemployment also rose when her party was in government.
I would have thought the shadow Chief Secretary would have welcomed the fact that youth unemployment fell last month. That demonstrates that the Government are taking action to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment—a problem that did not emerge under this Government, as youth unemployment also rose when her party was in government.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Rachel Reeves
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Can the Minister tell us how many young people have now been out of work for more than six months, and how that compares with the figure of a year ago?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes the important point that the pattern of youth unemployment varies across the country. It is important that the necessary support is in place to help young people looking for work, and the Work programme is likely to help 100,000 young people this year. That is just one of the practical measures we are taking to tackle the problem of youth unemployment—which, as the right hon. Member for South Shields (David Miliband) said, started under the last Labour Government.
My hon. Friend makes the important point that the pattern of youth unemployment varies across the country. It is important that the necessary support is in place to help young people looking for work, and the Work programme is likely to help 100,000 young people this year. That is just one of the practical measures we are taking to tackle the problem of youth unemployment—which, as the right hon. Member for South Shields (David Miliband) said, started under the last Labour Government.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Duncan Hames
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Youth unemployment is clearly more acute in some parts of the country than in others. Why does the Minister think it has fallen in over a third of the country, including Bolsover, but not in some constituencies, such as Bradford West, where it has increased by 500?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I just point out to the hon. Lady that the last Labour Government ruled out introducing a bank levy. That levy is raising £2.5 billion, and it will raise £10 billion over the lifetime of this Parliament. I think it is right that banks should pay a fair contribution for the risks they have posed for the UK economy, and I would have thought she would have welcomed both the bank levy and the fall in youth unemployment last month.
I just point out to the hon. Lady that the last Labour Government ruled out introducing a bank levy. That levy is raising £2.5 billion, and it will raise £10 billion over the lifetime of this Parliament. I think it is right that banks should pay a fair contribution for the risks they have posed for the UK economy, and I would have thought she would have welcomed both the bank levy and the fall in youth unemployment last month.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Rachel Reeves
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Minister failed to answer my question, so let me tell the House that 170,000 young people have been out of work for more than six months. That is an increase of 114% since just a year ago. Does the Minister think it is fair that families with children are being asked to pay a higher price for deficit reduction than the banks, and if not, will he reconsider reinstating the bank bonus tax to support young people back to work—especially as his Budget has given a tax cut worth £40,000 to 14,000 millionaires?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Some 160,000 wage incentives, worth up to £2,775 each, are available for employers who recruit an 18 to 24-year-old through the Work programme.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Some 160,000 wage incentives, worth up to £2,775 each, are available for employers who recruit an 18 to 24-year-old through the Work programme.
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Asked by
Harriett Baldwin
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will the Minister explain to employers—in Bolsover and elsewhere—that as of this month there is a youth contract that will pay them to take on unemployed young people?
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c792
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
So the answer is no: they are not going to introduce a bank bonus tax that could provide jobs for 100,000 young people and still leave money to spend on providing a training facility at Markham vale, which would serve all the constituencies of south Yorkshire and the north midlands. What an opportunity! If this posh, arrogant Government will not do that, the next Labour Government will do it for them.
So the answer is no: they are not going to introduce a bank bonus tax that could provide jobs for 100,000 young people and still leave money to spend on providing a training facility at Markham vale, which would serve all the constituencies of south Yorkshire and the north midlands. What an opportunity! If this posh, arrogant Government will not do that, the next Labour Government will do it for them.
Asked by
Dennis Skinner
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2012
We have heard the same old stuff from the hon. Gentleman for the last 42 years. Perhaps it is time for him to help youth unemployment by creating a vacancy. We are providing young people with more help to get into work, with an extra quarter of a million apprenticeship places. I would have thought he would have welcomed the fact that the city of Sheffield enterprise zone is at Markham vale in his constituency. That is the sort of practical action this Government are taking to ensure that jobs are being created.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
543 c791-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will consider imposing a further bonus tax on banks to fund job creation for young people who are unemployed.
If he will consider imposing a further bonus tax on banks to fund job creation for young people who are unemployed.
Asked by
Dennis Skinner
(Labour)
Answered by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 April 2012
For answer on
24 April 2012
Answered on
24 April 2012
The bank payroll tax is a one-off measure, but the Government have gone further by imposing a permanent bank levy that will raise £10 billion over the course of this Parliament. Those funds will help to pay for the youth contract, introduced this month, which will provide up to 500,000 young people with new education and employment opportunities.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
104789; 543 c791
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Budget on local and regional variations in unemployment trends.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Budget on local and regional variations in unemployment trends.
Asked by
Duncan Hames
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Chloe Smith
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 April 2012
For answer on
24 April 2012
Answered on
24 April 2012
The Office for Budget Responsibility published the official forecast for UK unemployment on 21 March 2012, taking full account of Budget announcements.This forecast was broadly unchanged since the autumn statement, with unemployment expected to fall back from the start of 2013 as growth picks up. The OBR has not published forecasts at the local and regional level.The Government have taken key initiatives to support growth locally and in the regions, by introducing 24 new enterprise zones; allocating £2.4 billion to the Regional Growth Fund and providing £730 million to local enterprise partnerships through the Growing Places Fund and considering powerful incentives for local authorities to go for growth through the Local Government Resource Review.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
24 April 2012
Reference
104812; 543 c838W
House
House of Commons