HL Deb 27 July 1999 vol 604 c179WA
Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many young people on the New Deal Scheme have been taken on by the Department of Health since April 1998. [HL3827]

Baroness Hayman

The Department of Health signed up to the New Deal programme in July 1998 and we recruited the first person under the scheme in December 1998. Since then the Department has recruited 10 further people, making a total of 11. Of these, five are in the 18–24 year old category.