Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 12 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many successful Future Jobs Fund bids there have been; what estimate she has made of the (a) minimum and (b) maximum number of jobs to be created under such bids; and how many such jobs are open for applications.
There have been 195 successful Future Jobs Fund Bids in the first four rounds of bidding.
Successful bids will create:
Tranche 1 up to 75,400
Tranche 2 up to 7,500
Tranche 3 up to 4,400
Tranche 4 up to 7,200 (Tranche 4 figure does not include Scotland which will be announced on
We have not estimated the minimum numbers that each bid will create; however as part of the bidding criteria, all bidders are required to create at least 30 jobs.
We will be publishing official statistics on the number of people participating in the Future Jobs Fund in spring 2010. Until then data regarding how many such jobs are open for applications are not available.
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