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Future Jobs Fund

Volume 507: debated on Friday 12 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the 95,000 jobs announced through the Future Jobs Fund have been granted funding. (304390)

Overall, the Future Jobs Fund is expected to create 170,000 jobs. To date, 110,000 have been agreed, and of those, 73,000 have been granted funding. We are currently working with the remaining successful bidders to agree start dates and delivery plans, and to check European state aid legislation compliance ahead of awarding funding.

During the time between announcement and funding, the successful bidders also begin to prepare for their new workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which local authorities are participating in the Future Jobs Fund; and which have plans to do so. (318533)

This information is available only where the local authority is the lead bidder. A list of local authority lead bidders is as follows. Future Jobs Fund activity is happening throughout the country, creating up to 110,000 jobs so far.

We are engaged in discussions with a number of local authorities about further bids. These discussions are confidential at this stage.

Local authorities participating in the Future Jobs Fund by region. The local authority listed is when it is the lead bidder.

Region: East of England

Bedford

Cambridgeshire

Central Beds

Colchester

Harlow

Luton

Norfolk

Peterborough

Suffolk

Region: East Midlands

Bolsover

Erewash

Leicester and Leicester Partnership

Nottinghamshire

West Lindsey

Region: London

Barking and Dagenham

Bromley

Camden

Ealing

Enfield

Greenwich

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Havering

Host Borough Councils

Hounslow

Islington

Kingston

Lewisham

RB Kensington and Chelsea

Redbridge East Enders

Southwark Earn and learn

Westminster

Region: North East

Darlington BC

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

North Tyneside

Redcar and Cleveland Borough LSP

Stockton on Tees

Region: North West

Blackpool

Cheshire West and Chester

Copeland

Cumbria

Lancashire

Liverpool City Region

Region: Scotland

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

City of Edinburgh

Clackmannanshire Alliance

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

Falkirk

Fife

Glasgow

Highland

Inverclyde

Midlothian

North Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire C

Scottish Borders

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

Stirling Council Youth Services

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian

Region: South East

Brighton and Hove

Bucks

Hampshire

Hastings

Kent

Milton Keynes

Oxfordshire

RB Windsor and Maidenhead

Thanet

West Sussex County Council

Region: South West

Avon and Somerset Probation

Bristol County Council

Cornwall CC

Devon

Dorset

Somerset

Swindon

Trowbridge

Wiltshire County Council

Region: Wales

Cardiff

Carmarthenshire County Council

Merthyr Tydfil CBC

Neath Port Talbot CBC

Pembroke County Council

Vale of Glam Council

Region: West Midlands

Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country

Hereford

Shropshire Council County Training

Shropshire County Council

Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent County Council and Staffordshire

Warwickshire County Council

Worcestershire

Region: Yorkshire and Humber

Barnsley MDC

Calderdale

City of Bradford

Doncaster

Hull

Humber Economic Partnership

Kirklees Council

Leeds

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Learning Consortium

Sheffield City Council

VC Train Consortium

Wakefield Met