§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Tynemouth constituency who will benefit from the new deal for the long-term unemployed. [59010]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe 1998–99 planning assumptions for new deal 25+ are not yet available. The
ES region OS NOR NW YHU OW WM EME SW LSE GB Failure to attend an adviser interview, training or an Employment programme, failure to accept an employment programme 22 74 88 175 87 87 78 22 102 735 Misconduct whilst on training or an Employment Programme 5 16 8 7 3 1 3 1 2 46 Giving up training or an Employment Programme 7 24 19 27 13 4 7 2 11 114 Refusal of employment, proposed JSAg variation, failure to provide a signed declaration, failure to comply with direction 1 5 14 37 4 11 5 4 19 100 Non-availability, not actively seeking work, neglect to avail oneself of an employment opportunity 5 19 30 15 5 17 5 2 8 106 Dismissal from, or leaving voluntary employment 16 23 34 18 18 41 28 21 52 251 Total 56 161 193 279 130 161 126 52 194 1,352 OS—Office for Scotland NOR—Northern NW—North-West YHU—Yorkshire and Humberside OW—Office for Wales WM—West Midlands EME—East Midlands and Eastern SW—South West LSE—London and South-East GB—National totals