§ Mr. GreenTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many New Deal for Young People Trainees 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) the Cabinet Office, (f) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (g) the Department of Health, (h) the Department for Foreign and International Development, (i) the Lord Chancellor's Department, (j) the Department of Social Security, (k) the Department of Trade and Industry, (1) the Scottish Office, (m) the Welsh Office and (n) the Northern Ireland Office, on 31 January. [74216]
§ Mr. KilfoyleI refer the hon. Member to the written answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment, the hon. Member for Leeds, East (Mr. Mudie), to my hon. Friend the Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Mr. Rowlands) on 19 November 1998,Official Report, column 755. Updated figures will be available towards the end of April and will, for the first time, distinguish between the numbers of those employed under the programme for 18–24 year olds and the programme for 25 year olds and above.