§ 30. Mr. John SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the proportion of people on the New Deal schemes who gain permanent employment on leaving. [127951]
§ Ms JowellStatistics are not collected using a category of "permanent" as this is not a term that adequately describes the realities of the modern labour market. By the end of March 2000, 57 per cent. of leavers to known destinations from the New Deal for Young People and 17 per cent. of leavers to known destinations from the New Deal for long term unemployed adults aged 25 or over, found sustained unsubsidised employment (i.e. a job that lasted for 13 weeks or more).