HC Deb 18 March 1999 vol 327 c787W
Mr. Gorrie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the percentage level of attendance by trainees in Scotland at the Gateway stage of the New Deal. [77419]

Mr. Dewar

Of the 22,652 young people who started the New Deal in Scotland for the period to the end of December 1998, a total of 21,125 (93.3%) attended their first interview and entered the Gateway stage of the New Deal.