[holding answer 1 June 2009]: Bidding criteria for the Future Jobs Fund were published on 13 May and are available on the Department for Work and Pensions website. The fund will operate as a “challenge fund” to which organisations can bid for funding to create new jobs. The fund will create 150,000 new jobs; 100,000 of these will contribute to a guaranteed offer of a job, training or meaningful activity for all young people who are approaching 12 months on jobseeker's allowance. As such, the funding is not allocated to individual sectors or industries. The Government would welcome bids from all industries, including the culture, media and creative industries.