Job Opportunities: Benefit Recipients

Kerry McCarthy
23. To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to encourage employers to provide job opportunities for people on benefits.

Caroline Flint
Jobcentre plus already works with 400,000 employers every year and takes over 10,000 new vacancies every working day.

Local employment partnerships build on this success by providing employers with a premium service in return for a stronger than normal commitment to taking on jobless people.