WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 21/02/2012

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OPIN-2012-0065 - Jobs Growth Wales and Young Disabled People

Raised By:

Mike Hedges

Rebecca Evans

Subscribers:

Keith Davies 22/02/2012

Julie James 22/02/2012

Mick Antoniw 22/02/2012

Sandy Mewies 22/02/2012

Jocelyn Davies 24/02/2012

Vaughan Gething 27/02/2012

Aled Roberts 07/03/2012

Lindsay Whittle 07/03/2012

Darren Millar 07/03/2012

Simon Thomas 08/03/2012

Llyr Huws Gruffydd 14/03/2012

Alun Ffred Jones 14/03/2012

Mark Isherwood 14/03/2012

Joyce Watson 19/03/2012

Jenny Rathbone 19/03/2012

David Melding 28/03/2012

Jobs Growth Wales and Young Disabled People

This Assembly:

Notes that there are a large number of unemployed disabled young people in Wales, with 10,000 on ESA or Incapacity Benefit with many more on JSA; and

that the Jobs Growth Wales scheme can help disabled people who may have a lack of qualifications and/or work experience gain employment;

Welcomes that Welsh Government’s actions to make Jobs Growth Wales accessible to disabled young people; and

Believes that the best way to include disabled young people in the scheme is to ensure that Jobs Growth Wales aims to reach a set minimum number of young disabled people.