§ Mr. DobbinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on progress towards fulfilment of the Government' s target for getting young people into work. [111663]
§ Ms JowellThe New Deal continues to progress well. We are now nearly three quarters of the way to reaching the manifesto pledge of helping 250,000 young people into work. The New Deal has helped more than 185,000 young people move into jobs by the end of December 1999.