§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people joined the Full Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal for 18 to 24 year olds between January 1998 and the end of July 1999, by unit of delivery; how many and what percentage of these(a) completed their courses before leaving the New Deal, (b) left their courses before completing them and (c) left at any stage for unknown destinations. [100807]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 2 December 1999]: The information available currently is shown in the following table. The Full-Time Education and Training (FTET) Option is designed to give people the skills that they need to get jobs; of the 7,891 young people shown as having left the Option early, 3,200 or 40 per cent. had found jobs. A recent survey has shown that 57 per cent. of young people leaving New Deal for unknown destinations had found a job.
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Unit of delivery Starts to FTET option between January 1998 and July 1999 Of which, number who had left New Deal by the end of the September 1999 Number recorded as completing FTET option before leaving New Deal As a percentage of those for whom completed/left early is known Number recorded as leaving FTET option early before leaving New Deal As a percentage of those for whom completed/left early is known Number who had left for an unknown destination by the end of September 1999 As a percentage of those who had left New Deal by the end of September 1999 Ross and Cromarty 43 28 9 64 5 36 4 14 Shetland 6 4 0 0 1 100 4 100 Skye and Lochalsh 5 1 0 — 0 — 0 0 Newcastle, Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,665 891 161 36 281 64 198 22 Northumberland 406 185 43 38 69 62 28 15 Tyneside North1 415 167 36 40 54 60 31 19 Durham North and Durham South 1,038 526 91 29 225 71 129 25 City of Sunderland formerly Wearside 767 363 79 42 110 58 74 20 Tees North and Tees South 1,480 597 84 28 216 72 157 26 Cumbria 478 235 36 30 83 70 41 17 Wirral 524 318 53 32 113 68 58 18 Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre 127 78 7 20 28 80 20 26 Bolton 116 58 8 47 9 53 11 19 Bury 115 56 12 55 10 45 19 34 Central Lancashire 128 72 5 13 33 87 16 22 Cheshire 222 94 5 11 42 89 22 23 City Pride Manchester 874 394 58 36 102 64 100 25 East Lancashire 283 148 22 24 69 76 37 25 Halton and Warrington 335 151 9 18 42 82 27 18 Knowsley 552 273 18 13 125 87 77 28 Liverpool 1,438 633 79 26 220 74 146 23 North Lancashire 137 79 16 32 34 68 22 28 Oldham 141 63 2 10 18 90 18 29 Rochdale 259 160 13 20 51 80 48 30 Sefton 395 209 31 36 55 64 43 21 St. Helens 244 97 11 21 41 79 20 21 Stockport 120 60 8 26 23 74 23 38 West Lancashire1 104 35 7 70 3 30 4 11 Wigan 177 83 5 12 37 88 26 31 Sheffield 1,044 558 93 35 174 65 149 27 Rotherham 664 357 57 28 145 72 95 27 South Humber1 242 92 4 8 44 92 26 28 Calderdale and Kirklees 652 295 40 25 118 75 98 33 Barnsley and The Dearne 646 303 19 14 115 86 83 27 Bradford 780 442 71 30 166 70 132 30 Hull and East Coast formerly Hull 883 433 42 27 86 79 89 33 Leeds 511 269 23 21 86 79 89 33 North Yorkshire 322 184 33 35 62 65 52 28 Wakefield and Doncaster 791 453 43 16 219 84 124 27 West Wales 365 180 26 29 65 71 51 28 Swansea 488 307 42 26 118 74 81 26 North West Wales 214 96 15 37 26 63 15 16 Powys 60 30 6 38 10 63 6 20 Ceredigion 59 28 6 46 7 54 7 25 North East Wales formerly Flintshire and Wrexham 133 55 4 29 10 71 9 16 North Wales Coast 146 66 12 40 18 60 17 26 Cardiff and Vale 358 206 31 37 53 63 49 24 Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys1 289 114 13 27 35 73 26 23 Heads of the Valley and Caerphilly 389 179 17 18 76 82 26 15 Newport, Torfaen and Monmouth 217 125 17 23 56 77 32 26 Black Country 1,515 727 74 24 239 76 190 26 Birmingham 1,538 556 62 36 112 64 157 28 Solihull1 198 82 3 8 35 92 22 27 Staffordshire 526 223 15 14 91 86 59 26 Hereford and Worcester 177 101 17 35 32 65 26 26 Coventry 318 161 16 30 37 70 48 30 Warwickshire 155 78 12 34 23 66 28 36 Shropshire 158 74 5 17 24 83 22 30 Southern Derbyshire 419 240 24 25 72 75 57 24 Cambridge TTWA 141 71 12 43 16 57 17 24 North Derbyshire 313 164 26 33 54 68 33 20 Leicestershire1 442 173 13 21 50 79 64 37 Lincolnshire 350 184 30 30 70 70 58 32 Norfolk 506 252 40 31 91 69 37 15 West Norfolk 79 42 3 10 26 90 11 26 Northamptonshire 147 93 9 20 35 80 27 29 Greater Nottingham 590 260 34 27 94 73 78 30 North Nottinghamshire 391 157 24 27 64 73 41 26 Peterborough 147 85 10 21 38 79 26 31 Suffolk 369 173 30 32 64 68 30 17 Waveney 171 55 14 44 18 56 7 13 Cornwall 433 286 64 47 73 53 60 21 Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset 86 49 5 26 14 74 10 20
Unit of delivery Starts to FTET option between January 1998 and July 1999 Of which, number who had left New Deal by the end of September 1999 Number recorded as completing FTET option before leaving New Deal As a percentage of those for whom completed/ left early is known Number recorded as leaving FTET option early before leaving New Deal As a percentage of those for whom completed/ left early is known Number who had left for an unknown destination by the end of September 1999 As a percentage of those who had left New Deal by the end of September 1999 Bristol and South Gloucestershire formerly Central Bristol 317 151 15 18 67 82 52 34 Dorset 260 159 26 31 57 69 43 27 Exeter and East Devon1 144 57 6 21 23 79 10 18 Torbay and South Devon formerly South Devon 199 112 13 19 57 81 21 19 North Devon 64 38 10 59 7 41 10 26 Gloucestershire 149 91 9 22 32 78 19 21 Plymouth 501 279 39 26 111 74 63 23 Somerset 242 136 19 28 48 72 36 26 Wiltshire and Swindon formerly Wiltshire 154 90 10 19 42 81 22 24 Eastbourne and Hastings formerly Eastbourne 261 162 20 27 55 73 57 35 Lambeth 367 183 33 52 30 48 63 34 Harlow 51 32 3 20 12 80 15 47 Hackney and City1 580 150 20 36 35 64 42 28 Hertfordshire 320 181 13 19 55 81 59 33 Brighton 154 65 8 31 18 69 17 26 Canterbury 242 120 15 31 34 69 36 30 Channel 156 78 10 31 22 69 19 24 Chatham 300 148 20 25 59 75 43 29 Crawley 35 19 3 33 6 67 8 42 Croydon and Bromley 240 111 10 23 33 77 32 29 Guildford 79 55 10 36 18 64 15 27 Lewisham 305 86 11 41 16 59 27 31 Maidstone, Dartford and West Kent 97 54 6 25 18 75 10 19 Southwark 467 179 14 30 32 70 55 31 Greenwich 402 139 17 37 29 63 33 24 Bexley 114 44 7 30 16 70 9 20 Sutton, Merton Esher, Kingston, Epsom 164 76 8 38 13 62 19 25 Wandsworth 223 95 16 43 21 57 39 41 West Sussex Coastal Plain 56 28 2 18 9 82 14 50 South Essex 353 192 31 49 32 51 42 22 North Essex1 formerly North and Mid Essex 275 151 24 32 52 68 35 23 Edgware and Leaside 801 320 39 40 58 60 107 33 North East London 398 176 35 40 52 60 68 39 Havering, Barking and Dagenham 257 133 18 37 31 63 34 26 Newham 609 157 23 43 31 57 49 31 Tower Hamlets 299 109 20 83 4 17 39 36 Camden and North Islington 338 % 20 65 11 35 30 31 Ealing and Hillingdon formerly Ealing 260 105 11 37 19 63 38 36 Bedfordshire and Luton 339 213 19 22 68 78 40 19 Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire 92 51 6 21 22 79 16 31 Mid Hants 38 18 3 38 5 63 6 33 Oxfordshire 177 82 6 21 23 79 19 23 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 393 229 26 29 65 71 75 33 Isle of Wight 126 52 6 32 13 68 17 33 Reading 36 24 1 13 7 88 5 21 Slough 137 70 13 35 24 65 19 27 Southampton and South West Hampshire 67 99 16 39 25 61 36 36 Wembley 482 208 29 45 35 55 58 28 Westminster 115 30 1 13 7 88 7 23 Hounslow and Richmond 181 94 17 40 25 60 30 32 Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea 270 87 4 20 16 80 23 26 Great Britain2 48,631 23,674 3,213 29 7,891 71 5,998 25 1 A private Sector led Unit of Delivery 2 Great Britain excludes those for whom no Unit of Delivery is recorded on the New Deal Evaluation Database
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people(a) have found sustained unsubsidised employment of 13 weeks or more, (b) are on follow-through and (c) have left for destinations other than sustained unsubsidised employment of 13 weeks or more from the New Deal scheme. [102108]
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§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 9 December 1999]: The New Deals have made an excellent start in helping unemployed people into work. Latest figures to the end of October 1999 show that, through the New Deal for Young People, 107,280 people have found sustained unsubsidised employment, 22,980 young people were on Follow-Through and 144,290 young people were recorded 173W as having left New Deal for destinations other than sustained unsubsidised employment.
Of the 144,290 recorded as destinations other than sustained employment, 30,060 transferred to another benefit, 44,750 went to another known destination and 69,480 went to an unknown destination. A recently published study reporting on clients who left the Gateway stage of New Deal for an unknown destination and whose JSA claim which qualified them for New Deal had been closed found that 57 per cent. of them left New Deal to go into paid employment. Over 100,000 young people have gained training and work experience in the non-employment options.
Through the New Deal for long-term unemployed people aged 25 and over, equivalent figures were 19,730 into sustained unsubsidised employment, 990 older clients on the Follow-Through stage and 94,100 to destinations other than sustained unsubsidised employment.
A further 24,430 unemployed people under these two New Deals have found sustained subsidised employment.
A sustained job is one where the client does not return to JSA or New Deal within 13 weeks.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many young people in West Sussex have been through the New Deal scheme; and how many have subsequently found unsubsidised employment. [104273]
§ Ms JowellThe latest statistics to the end of October 1999 show that of the 676 young people who started New Deal in the West Sussex Coastal Plain Unit of Delivery, 447 had left. It is encouraging that in West Sussex, 347 young people have found unsubsidised employment when they were benefiting from the New Deal. Others will have found work without informing the Employment Service.