§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) men and (b) women have been sanctioned under the New Deal to date (i) in each of the New Deal geographical units of delivery, (ii) for the gateway and (iii) for each of the four options. [89021]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe following table shows the stage in New Deal when sanctions have been applied to participants, split by Employment Service region and gender, up to the end of May 1999.
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Male Female Reason for sanction Reason for sanction ES region Gateway Option Other Gateway Option Other Total OS 242 567 162 40 77 42 1,130 NOR 464 685 203 73 89 38 1,552 NW 328 704 617 66 127 141 1,983 YHU 522 596 441 92 122 108 1,881 OW 201 209 103 46 35 21 615 WMI 369 400 323 70 84 94 1,340 EME 361 292 232 56 64 51 1,056 SW 155 190 126 24 38 27 560 LSE 465 564 628 84 125 203 2,069 GB 3,107 4,207 2,835 551 761 725 12,186 A breakdown of the reasons for sanctions are: Gateway, those sanctioned for failure to attend an adviser interview; Options, those sanctioned for refusal, failure to attend or misconduct on any of the New Deal Options; Other, those New Deal participants sanctioned or disallowed for any other reason.