Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 29 June 2009.
Yvette Cooper
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2:30,
29 June 2009
The hon. Lady is right that we need to provide help for young people in particular. We saw what happened not only in the early '80s, but the early '90s, when effectively we lost a generation to work because of the long-term unemployment among young people. That is why, as well as the future jobs fund, which will provide more than 100,000 additional youth jobs across the country, we want training at an earlier stage. Young people can also benefit from the additional training provided at six months that was introduced in April. It is an additional help to people who need support at this time, in the middle of a recession.