§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many individuals in the target group of the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds have left unemployment (i) between May 1997 and the nationwide commencement of the New Deal and (ii) between the nationwide commencement of the New Deal and the latest available date. [71131]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information is provided in the following table, based on the monthly count of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or National Insurance Credits:
Scottish Fee Support Review Body ('Quigley Review')
TECs (Review of The Role of)
Review of the Threshold Exempting Employers with Fewer than 20 Employers from the Employment Provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 produced a report on 12 June 1998.Task Forces
Careers Service Special Needs Task ForceDisability Rights Task Force reported on the role and functions of a Disability Rights Commission on 12 June 1998.Standards Task Force
New Deal Task Force has published 3 reports:
Meeting The Needs Of The Disadvantaged—November 1998 Business Participation in Welfare-to-Work: lessons from the United States—January 1999Environment Task Force Advisory Group?Sub-Group Report On Linking Funding Sources—February 1999Numeracy Task Force published:
Numeracy Matters—preliminary report published for consultation in January 1998The Implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy, final report in July 1998Skills Task Force published its first report in September 1998
835WAdvisory Groups
Adult and Community Learning Fund Advisory Group
Advisory Committee for Disabled People in Employment and Training
Bureaucracy Advisory Group
Careers Education and Guidance Consultative Advisory Group
Creative and Cultural Education National Advisory Committee
Development of Individual Learning Accounts Advisory Group
Education and the Teaching of Democracy published its final report titled "Education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools" on 22 September 1998.
Education Development Plans (EDPs) Advisory Group
Further Education Student Support Advisory Group
Gifted and Talented Children
Independent/State School Partnerships published an Interim Report in May 1998, and a final report on 7 October 1998.
National Year of Reading
New Deal Task Force Advisory Group
New Start Advisory Group
Personal, Social And Health Education Advisory Group
Post-16 Partnership Advisory Group
Race Employment and Education Forum (Reef) Advisory Group
Raising Ethnic Minority Pupil Achievement Advisory Group
Skills Policy Action Team Advisory Group
Special Educational Needs National Advisory Group
University for Industry Design and Implementation Advisory Group.