Issue - meetings
Removing Barriers to Youth Employment: Response to the Scrutiny Review
Meeting: 11/09/2013 - Cabinet - Expired (Item 10)
10 Removing Barriers to Youth Employment: Response to the Scrutiny Review 
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Additional documents:
Decision:
1. To note the report.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)
(Strategy, Policy and Performance Officer (V. Allen)
Minutes:
Councillor Ann Jackson, Chair of the Scrutiny Working Group, introduced the report.
Amongst other issues detailed in the report, she highlighted that providing better access to and support for apprenticeships appeared to offer significant opportunities to improving employment opportunities, particularly for young people.
Councillor Shafiqul Haque, Cabinet Member for Jobs and Skills, welcomed the report and he informed Cabinet that work was already underway in many of the areas highlighted. He confirmed that youth employment was a top priority for the Administration.
The Mayor thanked everyone for their contribution and noted the report.
RESOLVED
1. To note the report.