New Deal (Hansard, 16 May 2000)

§ Mr. Mudie
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many New Deal places have been(a) offered, (b) taken up and (c) completed in his Department since the start of the New Deal. [122231]

§ Mr. Wills
I can confirm that in response to(a) a total of 54 individuals have been offered New Deal placements in my Department, of whom (b) 44 have taken up the offer and in response to (c) a total of 8 placements have been completed.

§ Mr. Mudie
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many New Deal places have been(a) offered, (b) taken up and (c) completed within Leeds City Council since the start of the New Deal. [122228]

§ Ms Jowell
From April 1998 to May 2000 no New Deal clients have been directly employed by Leeds City Council on the Employment Option.
Groundwork manages the New Deal ESF option in Leeds. Leeds City Council run the ETF programme for Groundwork. Since April 1998, 127 New Deal clients have started the Council's ETF option. Some of these will subsequently have started work for LCC—but the Employment Service does not have details of those engaged or specific numbers.