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Jobs creation for young people our greatest achievement
The First Minister hailed jobs creation for young people as the Welsh Government’s greatest achievement of the year on publishing the Programme for Government report for 2013-14
The latest Programme for Government report which is published annually tracks progress against 335 Government indicators covering growth and sustainable jobs, health and well-being, educational attainment and supporting children, families and deprived communities.
Key indicators published in yesterday’s report are:
- For the first time ever more than half of adults in Wales now hold an A level or equivalent qualification
- A steady decline in circulatory disease mortality rates over the past decade alongside a steady decline in the cancer mortality rate. Wales has shown the biggest improvement in cancer survival among the four countries of the United Kingdom.
- As at the 31 March 2013, 60.3 per cent of social houses now meet the Welsh Housing Quality Standard which involves improving windows and doors, modernising kitchens and bathrooms and installing better heating if needed.
- A steady increase to the highest ever percentage of secondary school pupils being assessed in Welsh as their first language at the end of year 9.
- The Welsh Government reaching its target of placing 500 Community Support Officers on the streets of Wales in October 2013
The report’s data on Jobs Growth Wales shows that since its creation in April 2012 Jobs Growth Wales – the Welsh Government’s flagship youth employment programme – has created 13,223 job opportunities for young people in Wales aged 16-24. Over 5,000 of those jobs have been created during the past year.
Speaking in the Senedd yesterday, the First Minister said;
"We are using all the levers at our disposal to secure the recovery of the Welsh economy and create jobs. The people of Wales are right to have high expectations of the services that they receive and I acknowledge that as resources go down and demand for services go up there will be inevitably some real delivery challenges. But the indicators we are publishing today are clear evidence that the Welsh economy and Welsh public services are moving forward despite tough times.
"The Welsh Government has stood up for Wales during these very tough times. For all those who have made a contribution to public services in Wales there is much to be proud of in what this data shows today."
The First Minister visited Hydratech in Swansea ahead of the publication of the Programme for Government report to see how five young people are getting on having been employed through Jobs Growth Wales by the heat and cooling technology company.
