Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 2001. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Monday, 19 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, how many young people aged under 25 years have been (a) killed and (b) injured whilst on New Deal schemes in each of the last three years. - Inc table.

Answer: Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people aged under 25 years have been (a) killed and (b) injured while on new deal schemes in each of the last three years. [16095] Mr. Nicholas Brown: Since April 1998 there has been one fatality and 230 injuries reported on the new deal for young people. These are broken down as follows for each of the last three years: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Injuries Fatality April 1998 to March 1999 21 1 April 1999 to March 2000 130 -- April 2000 to March 2001 79 -- Total 230 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 375 c157W; 16095
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Death Accidents Injuries Employment schemes Industrial injuries Young people New deal for young people
Contains statistics: Yes
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