12 July 2012
Harriett Baldwin expresses her disappointment that G4S has reported problems in providing the number of security personnel it was contracted to provide for the Olympic Games - especially when there are a large number of young people seeking part-time work to go with their studies.
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): G4S has had years to prepare for this event and has been paid millions of pounds, and according to the International Labour Organisation, 230,000 young people in this country are seeking part-time work to go with their studies, so the timing should have been perfect. What does the Home Secretary think has gone wrong with the labour market and G4S that it has been so completely incompetent at finding people to do these jobs?
Mrs May: G4S will still be providing a significant number of venue security personnel drawn from a variety of sources to provide security at the Olympic games. We will continue to work with the company. Obviously it recently identified problems with providing the complete number of personnel it was contracted to provide, but we will continue to work with it because it will still play a significant role in the security of the Olympic games.
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