HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 cc734-5W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the proportion of under25-year-olds on the New Deal for Young People who sign off without known destination at the point when they have to choose one of the four full-time options in benefit offices in the parliamentary constituencies of (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, East and Wallsend, (b) Copeland, (c) Islington, South and Finsbury, (d) Hamilton, South, (e) Sheffield, Brightside, (f) Kingston upon Hull, East, (g) Livingston, (h) Holborn and St. Pancras, (i) Blackburn, (j) Birmingham, Ladywood, (k) Redcar, (l) Derby, South, (m) Glasgow, Anniesland, (n) Edinburgh, Central, (o) North Tyneside, (p) Sedgefield, (q) Dunfermline, East, (r) Darlington, (s) Dewsbury and (t) Cardiff, South and Penarth. [78542]

Percentage of young people leaving the New Deal Gateway for whom no known destination was recorded at the end of January 1999
Constituency Unit of Delivery (UoD) Percentage
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East and Wallsend Newcastle, Gateshead and South Tyneside and Tyneside, North (covers 2 UoD) 13
Copeland Cumbria 13
Islington South and Finsbury Hackney and city 10
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire 39
Sheffield, Brightside Sheffield and Rotherham 12
Kingston-upon-Hull, East Hull 15
Livingston West Lothian 12
Holborn and St. Pancras Camden and North Islington 18
Blackburn East Lancashire 34
Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham 19
Redcar Tees North and South 25
Derby, South North Derbyshire 12
Glasgow, Anniesland Glasgow 15
Edinburgh, Central Edinburgh, East and Mid Lothian 17
North Tyneside Tyneside, North 13
Sedgefield Tees North and South 12
Dunfermline, East Fife 15
Darlington Durham North and South 12
Dewsbury Calderdale and Kirklees 18
Cardiff, South and Penarth Cardiff and Value 18