§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what his Department's criteria are for judging an entrant to New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds to be functionally illiterate; [128819]
(2) what percentage of entrants to the New Deal for Young People are functionally illiterate; and what was the percentage when the national New Deal was established. [128820]
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many people were on the New Deal for(a) People over 50, (b) Jobseekers with Disabilities, (c) Disabled People and (d) Partners of Unemployed People in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Edinburgh and (iv) Edinburgh East and Musselburgh at the end of March; [132730]
(2) how many people in total had entered the New Deal for (a) People over 50, (b) Jobseekers with Disabilities, (c) Disabled People and (d) Partners of Unemployed People in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Edinburgh and (iv) Edinburgh East and Musselburgh at the end of March; [132731]
(3) how many people (a) had entered, (b) were on and (c) had left the New Deal for (i) People over 50, (ii) Jobseekers with Disabilities, (iii) Disabled People and (iv) Partners of Unemployed People in (1) Great Britain, 1063W (2) Scotland, (3) Edinburgh and (4) Edinburgh East and Musselburgh at the end of March; and if he will break down the figure for people who have left by immediate destination. [132732]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 27 July 2000]: I will write to my right hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people(a) are on placements with the New Deal for Young People and (b) have found a permanent position through the New Deal for Young People, in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland. [133063]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 27 July 2000]: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, from the beginning of August 1999 to the latest date for which figures are available, by unit of delivery, the number and percentage of those who have left the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds before taking up one of the options, from the beginning of August 1999 to the latest date for which figures are available. [132322]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 24 July 2000]: The New Deal tables placed in the Library each month give quarterly figures on the number of young people who leave the New Deal before starting an option, by Unit of Delivery.
§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what comparison was carried out between(a) the Pathfinder areas for the New Deal for Young People from January 1998 to April 1998 and (b) areas in which the New Deal was not in operation. [131186]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 18 July 2000]: The New Deal for Young People is the subject of probably the most comprehensive programme of evaluation ever undertaken of a UK labour market initiative. The continuing qualitative and quantitative evaluation was carried out both in Pathfinder areas and nationally. The evaluation includes surveys of individuals and employers and case studies of delivery and impact, as well as a macro-evaluation of the impact of the New Deal on the wider economy and on the labour market. The evaluation studies are underpinned by monitoring information which tracks individuals through New Deal and indefinitely thereafter.
Pathfinders started in January 1998 to test processes and procedures prior to national implementation in April 1998; there were therefore no direct comparisons made between Pathfinders and non-Pathfinder areas in that period. However lessons learnt from the Pathfinders were reflected in the operation of the New Deal when it was introduced nationally.
§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, from the beginning of August 1999 to the latest date for which the figures are available, by unit of delivery(a) the number of those who have completed the full-time education and training option of the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds and (b) the percentage of these who have left to sustained unsubsidised jobs. [132324]
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§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 24 July 2000]: Comprehensive information on whether young people left their options having completed them or before having done so is not collected in that form. The New Deal aims to help unemployed people to move as quickly as possible from welfare into a job. Many young people will leave their New Deal options before completing them because they have found jobs in the regular labour market and are no longer unemployed. Young people do not therefore need to complete their New Deal options in order to succeed in the programme.
§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 12 January 2000,Official Report, column 168W, to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis), on the New Deal, how many people joined the full-time education and training option of the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds from the beginning of August 1999 to the latest date for which figures are available, 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. [132323]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 24 July 2000]: The New Deal tables placed in the Library each month give quarterly figures on the starts to the Full-Time Education and Training option by Unit of Delivery.
Comprehensive information on whether young people left their options having completed them or before having done so is not collected in that form. The New Deal aims to help unemployed people to move as quickly as possible from welfare into a job. Many young people will leave their New Deal options before completing them because they have found jobs in the regular labour market and are no longer unemployed. Young people do not therefore need to complete their New Deal options in order to succeed in the programme.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many young unemployed people living in Greater London have benefited from the New Deal. [132636]
§ Ms JowellThe latest figures to April 2000 show that 72,050 young unemployed people have benefited from the New Deal in Greater London.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people in(a) Edinburgh and (b) Scotland were on (i) the 18 to 24 New Deal Gateway, (ii) each of the 18 to 24 New Deal options and (iii) follow-through at the end of March. [132660]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 27 July 2000]: At the end of March 2000 the information on the status of participants on the New Deal for Young People in Scotland and Edinburgh is contained in the following table:
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Scotland Edinburgh On the 18–24 New Deal Gateway at the end of March 6,843 447 Total on a New Deal option 5,770 264 Employer 1,611 71 Full time education/training 1,900 90 Voluntary sector 1,098 60 Environment Task Force 1,161 43 On Follow Through 2,502 116
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people on the 25 plus New Deal in(a) Scotland and (b) Great Britain (i) found unsubsidised jobs through the Advisory Interview Process and (ii) transferred to other provision in March. [132661]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 27 July 2000]: In March 2000 the number of people on the New Deal for long term unemployed people aged 25 over, who found unsubsidised jobs through the Advisory Interview Process was 180 in Scotland and 2,200 in Great Britain. The number of people who transferred to other provision (i.e. benefits, subsidised employment, education and training opportunities and Work based Learning for Adults) was 379 in Scotland and 3,700 in Great Britain.