Context
The most recent claimant count in Rother Valley shows that about 2,000 people are looking for work. The MP hosted the first ever Rother Valley jobs fair, attended by hundreds of jobseekers and 30 organisations advertising several thousand good jobs.
Question
What steps she is taking to increase the number of people in work in Rother Valley constituency. That is why I hosted the first ever Rother Valley jobs fair, which was attended by hundreds of jobseekers and by 30 organisations advertising several thousand good jobs—and they were very local jobs. Will my hon. Friend tell me how her Way to Work campaign will help my constituents to find jobs? Will she talk about the tools she is using to ensure that people are ready to work and can start jobs as quickly as possible?
Answer from Mims Davies
Across Rotherham, our jobcentre teams are really helping to employ people and get those vacancies filled. I have been in jobcentres where people have quite often been unemployed for a very long time; the experience of being offered a job, there and then, changes their lives. We are working locally and nationally with employers on local recruitment days, jobs fairs and sector-based work academies, all as part of the commitment to get half a million claimants into work by the end of June.
Not addressed: Specific tools or initiatives that prepare individuals for immediate employment were not detailed
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