Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 June 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 July 1999. It was answered by Andrew Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 July 1999 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the numbers of participants in New Deal programmes who have not obtained a job after they have completed their participation. - Including figures. (Holding answer 2 July 1999).

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the numbers of participants in New Deal programmes who have not obtained a job after they have completed their participation. [89415] Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answer 2 July 1999]: The information is available from the published Government Statistical Service statistics. They show that between January 1998 and April 1999 32,000 people left New Deal for Young People for known destination other than jobs. An additional 49,420 left for an unknown destinations. However, a recently published study reports on a survey of a sample of those leaving New Deal for unrecorded destinations between April and August 1998. Of all those who responded to the survey, 43 per cent. stated they had left New Deal to go into paid employment.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 89415; 334 c560W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Employment schemes Young people Unemployment New deal for young people
Contains statistics: Yes