HC Deb 23 April 1999 vol 329 c717W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many employers participating in the New Deal for Young People have taken on from the scheme(a) 1 employee, (b) between 2 and 10 employees, (c) between 10 and 50 employees, (d) between 50 and 100 employees, (e) between 100 and 250 employees and (f) more than 250 employees. [79826]

Mr. Andrew Smith

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster) on 11 November 1998,Official Report, column 236.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many employers participating in the New Deal for Young People who have not continued the employment of subsidised employees on the cessation of their subsidy, have subsequently taken on further subsidised employees. [79825]

Employment option FTET option Voluntary sector option Environment task force
January 1998
February 1998
March 1998 1
April 1998 9 5
May 1998 11 12 1 5
June 1998 10 15 5 1
July 1998 31 36 13 11
August 1998 65 44 13 9
September 1998 83 91 30 25
October 1998 150 236 77 63
November 1998 137 210 69 48
December 1998 176 129 61 60
January 1999 246 232 116 95
Total 919 1,001 385 317