Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 November 2001. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 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 long-term unemployed in the pilot areas for the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed found (a) jobs and (b) sustained jobs in (i) each of the three years prior to the inception of the New Deal pilots and (ii) in each year since their inception. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the long-term unemployed in the pilot areas for the new deal for the long-term unemployed found (a) jobs and (b) sustained jobs in (i) each of the three years prior to the inception of the new deal pilots and (ii) in each year since their inception. [9334] Mr. Nicholas Brown: In the new deal 25-plus pilots, the proportion of long-term unemployed participants who left the programme for sustained jobs was 33 per cent. in 1999 and 34 per cent. in 2000 and 2001 to date. Equivalent figures for years prior to the new deal 25-plus pilots are not available. However, evaluation of the new deal 25-plus pilots showed that long-term unemployed participants were over 70 per cent. more likely to move into work than those participating in the pre-April 2001 national programme.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 9334; 375 c177-8W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Employment Employment schemes Long term unemployed people Unemployment Take-up New deal for long term unemployed
Contains statistics: Yes
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