§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people have been employed in the civil service under the New Deal for the Young Unemployed to date. [142161]
§ Mr. StringerAs at 1 October 2000, the information on all Civil Service Departments (including their agencies) participating in the New Deal is as follows:
New Deal starts as a 1 October 2000 Main Department (including agencies) Number Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 58 Intervention Board 3 Cabinet Office 13 Privy Council Office 1 Charity Commission 25 Culture, Media and Sport 4 Ministry of Defence 118 Education and Employment 2,182 Office for Standards in Education 1 Environment, Transport and the Regions 63 Export Credits Guarantee Department 4 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 8 Government Communications Headquarters 1 Government Offices for the Regions 8 Health 39 Home Office 89 International Development 7 Law Officers' Departments 15 Lord Chancellor's Department 38 National Assembly for Wales 36 Northern Ireland Office 11 Scottish Executive 54 Registers of Scotland 1 Social Security 603 Trade and Industry 51 HM Treasury 3 Office of Government Commerce 1 HM Customs and Excise 73 Inland Revenue 317 Office for National Statistics 10 Royal Mint 3 Total 3,840