§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average length of time spent on the Gateway of the New Deal for 18 to 25-year-olds by those(a) with no educational qualifications, (b) with Foundation Level qualifications, (c) with NVQ Level 1, (d) with NVQ Level 2, (e) with NVQ Level 3, (f) with NVQ Level 4, (g) with other qualifications and (h) who did not list any educational qualifications. [81108]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information set out in the following table shows the average length of time spent on the New Deal Gateway by qualification level, for those young people who had left the Gateway by the end of January 1999.
Highest qualification held Average length of time spent on Gateway (in days) NVQ/SVQ Level 4+ or equivalent 87 NVQ/SVQ Level 3 or equivalent 92 NVQ/SVQ Level 2 or equivalent 91 NVQ/SVQ Level 1 or equivalent 95 NVQ/SVQ Foundation Level or equivalent 98 Other 92 None 100 Those who did not list qualifications 68
Title Date of establishment Date of termination Expected date of termination where known Final report published Expected report date where known (a) Task forces Joint COSLA/Scottish Office Best Value Task Force1 May 1997 — Summer 2000 — Summer 1999 September 1999 Prestwick Task Force June 1997 December 1998 — December 1998 — Action Group on Standards in Scottish Schools July 1997 — — — — Joint COSLA/Scottish Office Working Group on Council Tax Collection March 1998 — September1999 — July1999 Task Force to Follow the Outcome of the Review of Protection Orders made under the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 June 1998 — — — — Coronary Heart Disease Task Force July 1998 — July 2000 — July 2000 Borders Working Party September 1998 March 1999 — March 1999 —