HC Deb 08 June 2000 vol 351 c344W
28. Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of people on the New Deal are undertaking a subsidised employment option; and what proportion of people having taken this route have remained in employment with the same employer six months after the subsidy has finished. [123362]

Ms Jowell

At the end of February 2000, 129,000 young people were on the New Deal. Of these, 8 per cent. (10,600) were on the Employment Option.

We do not collect separate figures for the numbers of young people who remain with the same employer six months after the subsidy finishes. The findings from a survey of employers will be published in the autumn.