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Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 2002. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 December 2002 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 information is available in the New Deal Evaluation Database; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to "New Deal Statistics and the new Deal Evaluation Database", copy in the Library. (Holding answer 9 December 2002).
Answer

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information is available in the New Deal Evaluation Database; and if he will make a statement. [85986] Mr. Nicholas Brown :[holding answer 9 December 2002]: The New Deal Evaluation Database contains information on the characteristics (e.g. gender, age, ethnic group) of participants on the New Deal programme, together with details of their activity while on the programme. Full details can be found in an article entitled "New Deal Statistics and the New Deal Evaluation Database" in the April 1999 edition of Labour Market Trends, a copy of which is available in the Library.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
396 c377W;396 c378W; 85986
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Databases Employment schemes Personal records Unemployed people New deal schemes
Link
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