New Deal

HC Deb 26 October 1999 vol 336 cc812-3W

Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many 18 to 24 year-olds have started the New Deal scheme in Shrewsbury and Atcham, broken down by(a) employer, (b) full time education, (c) voluntary sector, (d) environment task force and (e) other; and if he will make a statement. [94247]

Ms Jowell

In the period to the end of July 1999, 278 young people had joined New Deal in Shrewsbury and Atcham parliamentary constituency.

The following table shows the destinations of all those who had left the Gateway by the end of July 1999.

	Number
Total number of leavers from Gateway	227
Immediate destination on leaving:
Unsubsidised employment	46
To a New Deal Option	123
of which:
Employment	14
Full-time education/training	34
Voluntary Sector	36
Environment Task Force	39
Other destinations:
Other benefits	11
Other known destination	12
Not known	35