PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Unemployment: Young People (8 July 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)
Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)
Answer
Tackling youth unemployment remains a critical issue but specific measures to address it in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Executive.
The Government is reducing the largest structural deficit in UK peacetime history and this more than anything will help deliver a sustainable economic recovery and so directly assist young people get into employment.
Answered by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
16 July 2014
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