AQW 36045/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 17/09/2014
Answered On Date: 25/09/2014
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning how many companies in East Londonderry are partners with his Department’s Bridge Programme.


Answer:
The number of companies in East Londonderry and throughout Northern Ireland which have run Bridge to Employment programmes in conjunction with my Department since 2011 to the present are detailed below. The table also details the number of participants who were offered employment following participation in the Bridge to Employment scheme;
Year
Bridge to Employment Programmes In Northern Ireland
Bridge to Employment Programmes In East Londonderry
Offered Employment
(Northern Ireland)
Offered Employment
(East Londonderry)
2011/12
43
0
288
0
2012/13
63
2
391
11
2013/14
50
0
302
0
2014/15*
43
4
34
15
Total
199
6
1015
26
* figures for 2014/15 are from 1st April 2014 – 18th September 2014