Future Jobs Fund
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Maria Miller (Shadow Minister (Family), Children, Schools and Families; Basingstoke, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to bids in (a) Basingstoke, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in 2009-10.
Jim Knight (Minister of State (the South West), Regional Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
holding answer
It is not possible to state how much of the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to bids in Basingstoke, Hampshire and England. This information is commercially sensitive.
There are no specific bids for Basingstoke. The bid for Hampshire county council is currently creating 398 jobs between October 2009 and March 2010, which includes jobs in Basingstoke (as the first round of awards are initially for delivery over a six-month period). National bids may also create jobs in this area.
The £1 billion Future Jobs Fund will create 150,000 jobs. To date, around 60,000 jobs have already been approved and the first jobs have actually started.