§ Mr. GreenTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many trainees on the New Deal for Young People were employed in(a) Her Majesty's Treasury, (b) the Home Office, (c) the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, (d) the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, (e) his Department, (f) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (g) the Department of Health, (h) the Department for International Development, (i) the Lord Chancellor's Department, (j) the Department of Social Security, (k) the Department of Trade and Industry, (l) the Scottish Office (m) the Welsh Office, and (n) the Northern Ireland Office, on 31 January. [82351]
§ Mr. KilfoyleI refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 2 March 1999,Official Report, column 609. Information on the numbers of those employed under the programme for 18 to 24-year-olds as at 31 January is not held centrally. My Department is currently collating figures which it has obtained from Departments showing the position at 1 April. I will write to the hon. Member with these in due course.