HC Deb 23 November 2001 vol 375 cc540-1W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on(a) the number of participants in the new deal for young people from the Wycombe constituency in the last 12 months, (b) the destinations of people leaving the scheme and (c) the cost involved. [14867]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The information as is available is in the tables. Estimates of the cost of the programme are not available at constituency level.

New deal for young people participants in the Wycombe constituency
Month Number
August 2000 113
September 2000 100
October 2000 93
November 2000 85
December 2000 88
January 2001 89
February 2001 81
March 2001 72
April 2001 68
May 2001 72
June 2001 69
July 2001 67
August 2001 70

Note:

Figures are for the end of each month and are the latest available

Source:

New Deal Evaluation Database

Destination on leaving the new deal for young people
Number of clients
Unsubsidised employment 201
Other Benefits 48
Other known destinations 88
Not known 185
Total leavers 522

Note:

Figures are cumulative to the end of August 2001

Source:

New Deal Evaluation Database

Mr. Swire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have entered the new deal gateway(a) once, (b) twice and (c) three times or more in east Devon in respect of the (i) new deal for young people, (ii) new deal for 25-plus, (iii) new deal for 50-plus and (iv) new deal for lone parents. [17265]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

For new deal for young People, there have been 368 starts on the programme in the East Devon constituency to the end of August 2001. Of these, 20 young people have entered twice and three young people have entered three or more times.

For new deal for 25-plus, there have been 85 starts on the programme in the East Devon constituency to the end of August 2001. Of these, four people have entered twice and one person has entered three or more times.

The new deal for lone parents and new deal for 50-plus do not have gateways.

Source:

New Deal Evaluation Database

Mr. Swire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the new deal for young people in east Devon joined(a) the subsidised employment option, (b) the environmental task force option, (c) the voluntary sector option and (d) the full-time education or training option in each year since its inception. [17264]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The information is in the table.

Number of young people starting NDYP options in East Devon
Year Subsidised employment Environment task force Voluntary sector Full-time education and training
1998 9 3 4 12
1999 12 8 10 24
2000 10 8 8 9
20011 5 2 1 3
Total 36 21 23 48
1 To end August

Source:

New Deal Evaluation Database