As the right hon. Gentleman knows—he has the evaluation in front of him—there was a net benefit to society of £7,500, net of all Exchequer costs, for each person who took part. Is he surprised that youth unemployment has been going up over the past three months, at a time when overall unemployment is coming down, or was that what he expected?
Compulsory Jobs Guarantee
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 February 2015.
It occurred during Opposition day on Compulsory Jobs Guarantee.
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