§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what information will be provided by the planned ethnic monitoring of the Employment Service's New Deal clients. [27242]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its Chief Executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Leigh Lewis to Mr. Andrew Dismore, dated February 1998:
The Secretary of State for Education and Employment has asked me to reply to your question about ethnic monitoring of New Deal clients.Once the New Deal for 18–24 year olds is launched nationally in April we will be collecting information by ethnic origin in relation to the numbers of young people eligible for New Deal; invited to initial interview; starting on Gateway programmes; placed in unsubsidised jobs; starting on the four New Deal options and starting in self-employment. Information will also be collected by ethnic origin on the destinations of those leaving the New Deal options.Our approach to ethnic monitoring on New Deal has been developed in consultation with the Commission for Racial Equality.I hope this is helpfulp