§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what data is collected on the number of persons who have entered the New Deal gateway more than once; and if he will make a statement. [84439]
§ Mr. Nicholas Brown[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The New Deal for Young People and the New Deal 25 plus are the only New Deals that have a gateway period. The New Deal Evaluation Database contains details of each spell a person has spent on gateway.
At September 2002, 776,800 people had started on the gateway of the New Deal for Young People programme (629,920 individuals). Of these 126,410 clients (20 per cent, of all individual gateway starters) have entered the gateway more than once.
At September 2002, 508,380 people had started on the gateway of the New Deal 25 plus (383,580 individuals). Of these 97,560 clients (25 per cent, of all individual gateway starters) have entered the gateway more than once.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database.