HC Deb 08 June 2000 vol 351 c342W
20. Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the burden of administration for employers wishing to participate in the New Deal. [123354]

Ms Jowell

The New Deal is an unqualified success. 70,000 employers have signed up to New Deal and over 200,000 young people have left and found jobs. Paperwork is kept to a minimum needed to safeguard public funds.