Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Seema Malhotra and Sajid Javid

Tuesday 11th September 2012 Commons Chamber

[Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)]

The number of young people in my constituency who have been unemployed for more than 12 months has risen twelvefold since May 2010. Why does the Minister think that is, and was it a mistake to get rid of the future jobs fund within weeks of taking office?

[Sajid Javid]

I thought that the hon. Lady might start by congratulating the Government on the fifth consecutive fall in unemployment. She will know that one of the key planks of the Government’s policy for dealing with youth employment is the provision of apprenticeships. She might also welcome the 68% increase in the number of apprenticeships in her constituency.