§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will state the percentage of participants in the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds in(a) Great Britain, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales who have left the gateway to unsubsidised employment; and if he will list the areas in Scotland where a smaller percentage then the (i) Great Britain and (ii) Scottish average figures have entered unsubsidised employment at the gateway stage, including the number and percentage for each of these areas. [111279]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 22 February 2000]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
New Deal (18 to 24-year-olds) gaining unsubsidised employment from the Gateway Percentage Scotland 20 Wales 22 GB 22
Scottish units of delivery with a smaller percentage of participants (New Deal 25+) entering unsubsidized employment from the Gateway stage, than the GB average Unsubsidised jobs from the Gateway As a percentage of New Deal starts Tayside 797 19 Ayrshire 841 19 Dumfries and Galloway 214 18 Edinburgh, East and Mid Lothian 744 21 Fife 700 20 Glasgow 1,376 16 Renfrewshire 595 21 Caithness and Sutherland 49 19 Western Isles 36 17 293W
Scottish units of delivery with a smaller percentage of participants (New Deal 25+) entering unsubsidised employment from the Gateway stage, than the Scotland average Unsubsidised jobs from the Gateway As a percentage of New Deal starts Tayside 797 19 Ayrshire 841 19 Dumfries and Galloway 214 18 Glasgow 1,376 16 Caithness and Sutherland 49 19 Western Isles 36 17 A recent survey has shown that 57 per cent. of young people leaving the New Deal for unknown destinations had found a job.