Employment Schemes: Finance

Mrs. May
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the money allocated by her Department to assist people unemployed for six months, as announced on 12 January 2009, will be classified as (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) employment programme spending for the purpose of her Department’s three-year business plan.

Jim Knight
[holding answer 4 June 2009]: In the Department’s three-year business plan, the total allocation to assist people unemployed for six months as announced on 12 January 2009 is £430 million. Of this, £69 million is allocated to Jobcentre Plus and £361 million is allocated to employment programmes.