Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 November 2001. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Monday, 26 November 2001 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the pre-April 2001 entrants to the New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed who undertook the full time education and training option (a) left the option for employment before completing their course, (b) completed their course and (c) obtained an accredited qualification. - Includes fact that latest figures in Statistical First Release in Library and information on options and qualifications not available.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the pre-April 2001 entrants to the new deal for the long-term unemployed who undertook the full time education and training option (a) left the option for employment before completing their course, (b) completed their course and (c) obtained an accredited qualification. [9423] Mr. Nicholas Brown: The latest results for the new deal for long-term unemployed are contained in the Statistical First Release which is available in the Library. Information on numbers completing options and on qualifications gained is not available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 9423; 375 c704-5W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Education Qualifications Long term unemployed people Training New deal for long term unemployed
Contains statistics: Yes
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