§ Mr. FitzpatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many young people entered Gateway services to date in each of the Pathfinder areas; what was the average duration of the Gateway period; and how many have been referred or placed on the(a) employment,(b) education and training, (c) voluntary sector and (d) environmental task force options. [36346]
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§ Mr. Andrew SmithAt week ending 3 April, 16,840 young people had entered the Gateway nationally. There have been 4,838 referrals (with, in some cases, more than one relating to any particular individual) to the Employment Option, 1,311 to the Full-time Education and Training Option, 353 to the Voluntary Option and 211 to
Vacancies Number invited to initial Gateway interview Number of unsubsidised job submissions during Gateway Number of submissions to Employer Option Number of referrals to FTE/Training Option Number of referrals to VS Option Number of referrals to ETF Option Sheffield 2,768 1,094 1,194 284 30 22 Tayside 1,075 454 348 49 26 9 Swansea 1,854 2,389 623 193 45 41 Cornwall 1,689 935 937 168 130 57 Newcastle 2,276 906 573 335 83 12 Eastbourne 440 320 54 60 8 0 Lambeth 1,218 471 154 49 19 11 S'Derby 1,185 750 69 8 0 0 B'Country 2,559 2,623 318 79 1 4 Harlow 493 289 29 37 3 21 Cumbria 995 760 636 113 54 38 Wirral 1,112 395 368 81 20 43 Totals 17,664 11,405 5,305 1,456 419 239
§ Mr. Derek FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to monitor the success of the New Deal in increasing employment rates for those young people with a history of delinquency. [38390]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe term "delinquency" is very broad and could legitimately be defined as including a range of anti-social behaviour, some of which could not be identified formally, for example, through a criminal record. As a key part of the evaluation of the New Deal, we will seek to relate the employment outcomes of individual New Deal participants to the characteristics, circumstances and labour market history of the individual, and to assess the extent to which these outcomes might have occurred in the absence of New Deal. As part of this work, we shall be addressing the significance of a criminal record in employment and the success of the New Deal in overcoming barriers it may create.