Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 April 2001. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 April 2001 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, if he will provide the most recent data on the outcomes of those people who had their initial New Deal interview in January 1998. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 30 March 2001).

Answer: Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will provide the most recent data on the outcomes of those people who had their initial New Deal interview in January 1998. [156271] Ms Jowell: [holding answer 30 March 2001]: While we do not track people in the longer term once they have left the New Deal programme, we do keep details of their immediate destination on leaving. Of the 4,032 young people who had their initial interview in January 1998, 39 per cent. left New Deal for unsubsidised employment, 10 per cent. transferred to another benefit, 25 per cent. left for another known destination, and 24 per cent. left to an unknown destination. Comprehensive surveys have shown that 56 per cent. of those young people who are recorded as having left for an unknown destination are likely to have entered employment.

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