Youth Unemployment Debate
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Steve Webb
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Wednesday 16th February 2011
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Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
On that point, do the Government honestly believe that for 50% of young people to be in work a full month after their future jobs fund placements—
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb)
That’s not what he said.
Pamela Nash
My point comes from the same statistics. Do the Government honestly believe that 50% of young people being in full-time work a month later is a failure? In our opinion, it is a great success for the fund.