§ Mr. KempTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of young people in the New Deal programme are in jobs without Government subsidy in the city of Sunderland. [90277]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithA young person participating on New Deal who finds a job that does not qualify for the government subsidy through the New Deal Employment Option actually leaves the programme. In the period April 1998 to April 1999, 516 young people have left New Deal to go into unsubsidised employment in the City of Sunderland Unit of Delivery.