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<p>The UK has not made any applications to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(EGF).</p><p> </p><p>The European Globalisation Fund (EGF) provides a financial contribution
for active labour market measures, aimed at reintegrating those made or at risk of
being made redundant in the labour market. EGF Regulations state that these measures
must complement actions at national, regional and local level.</p><p> </p><p>The EGF
Regulations also set out strict criteria and eligibility for potential applicants
with regards to the number of redundancies that take place over a given period of
time and the link between these redundancies and globalisation or the global financial
and economic crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already offers a broad range of personalised
support to workers made redundant through its Rapid Response Service and Jobcentre
Plus, which could therefore not be duplicated or substituted by EGF.</p><p> </p><p>The
Rapid Response Service and the Jobcentre Plus Core Offer are effective reintegration
tools which represent good value for money and are our primary and most effective
means of response to support the industry.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also announced packages of support
worth up to £80 million for SSI in Redcar.</p><p> </p><p>It has, therefore, not been
necessary to make an application for EGF funding to provide complementary support.</p>
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