AQW 21054/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of JobStart work placements that have been created in each constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 28 June 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 28 June 2021
- Answer due by
- 15 July 2021
- Answered
- 28 July 202130 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
At 29 June 2021, my Department has approved 236 employer applications amounting to 556 JobStart opportunities. The opportunities are considered jobs, not work placements.
Information is not available by Parliamentary Constituency Area. A breakdown, by Council area, is as follows:
| JobStart – Opportunities Approved | No |
| Belfast City Council | 120 |
| Mid Ulster District Council | 49 |
| Ards and North Down Borough Council | 47 |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | 48 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | 66 |
| Derry City and Strabane District Council | 33 |
| Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | 56 |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | 31 |
| Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | 24 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 47 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | 35 |
| Outside Northern Ireland | 0 |
| Total | 556 |