HC Deb 01 March 2001 vol 363 c764W
14. Mr. Joyce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the New Deal on the employment prospects of young people. [150148]

Mr. Timms

By last November, nearly 270,000 young people had moved from welfare to work through New Deal, already well ahead of the manifesto target of 250,000 in the lifetime of this Parliament. Recent independent evaluation has found that long term youth unemployment is about 40 per cent. lower than it would have been without New Deal.

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