§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 7 December 1998,Official Report, column 82, on the New Deal in Portsmouth, if the figure for clients who secured unsubsidised jobs is included in the total figure of those who entered the Gateway; and what were the destinations for the people not accounted for under the four options. [64260]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe 143 young people who secured unsubsidised jobs are included in the figure of 1,094 young people who had entered the Gateway by the end of September 1998. 217 young people had joined one of the four options; 633 were in the Gateway; 18 had left New Deal to claim other benefits; 19 had left for other known destinations, including other training, travelling abroad, imprisonment; and 64 had left for unknown destinations.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people have entered the New Deal Gateway in the Rushmoor Borough Council area since its inception; and how many took up each New Deal option. [64255]
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§ Mr. Andrew SmithIt is not possible to provide separate figures for individual towns or council areas. The latest Government Statistical Service figures for the Guildford Unit of Delivery, which covers Rushmoor, show that, to the end of September 1998,(a) 416 young people had entered the Gateway and 82 secured unsubsidised employment; (b) 48 had joined one of the four options: 6 on the Employment option; 6 on the Voluntary Sector option; 1 on the Environment Task Force; and 35 on the Full-Time Education and Training option. 229 young people were on the Gateway, 16 had left New Deal to claim other benefits, 9 had gone to other known destinations, including other training, travelling abroad, imprisonment; and 32 had gone to unknown destinations.