Written question asked by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 July 2000. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Thursday, 13 July 2000 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, how many employers in Paisley South, or the nearest available geographical unit, have agreed to take on one or more subsidised employees from the New Deal for 18 to 24 year olds in each month since January 1998; and how many employers have agreed to take their first subsidised employee from the New Deal scheme for 18 to 24 year olds in each month since January 1998. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many employers in Paisley South, or the nearest available geographical unit, have agreed to take on one or more subsidised employees from the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds in each month since January 1998; and how many employers have agreed to take their first subsidised employee from the New Deal scheme for 18 to 24-year-olds in each month since January 1998. [128737] Ms Jowell: The information is not available in the form requested but we do have aggregate information for the Johnstone and Paisley jobcentre catchment areas. Since April 1998, when the New Deal for young people was introduced nationally, a total of 237 employers have signed New Deal agreements and many of these have taken on one or more subsidised employees. Many employers signing agreements will also have taken on young people into unsubsidised jobs and in the Paisley, South constituency as a whole, over 400 young people have found jobs under the New Deal. This is a significant contribution to our manifesto commitment to help 250,000 young people into jobs through the New Deal.

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