To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to provide training and employment for the young unemployed aged 17 years to 25 years in the Heywood and Middleton constituency.

The Employment Service and Rochdale training and enterprise council deliver a wide range of employment, enterprise and training programmes, to help unemployed people, including young unemployed, in Middleton and Heywood as elswhere. Additionally, Rochdale training and enterprise council and the Employment Service are working with others to enhance training provision for certain special groups in the area.