HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 c849W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been recruited from the New Deal; and what percentage this represents of total staff. [129102]

Mr. Wills

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney) on 6 July 2000,Official Report, column 286W.

The number of New Dealers within my Department and its executive agencies represents four per cent. of total staff.