§ Lord Redesdale asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ Whether the Millennium Volunteer projects will achieve the two targets set for them in respect of the recruitment of volunteers by the end of this year and next year. [HL4371]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)It is too early to say whether the contracted Millennium Volunteers projects will achieve the end year targets that have been agreed with them for the number of young people taking up Millennium Volunteers opportunities. Seven thousand five hundred have already joined Millennium Volunteers and we expect that number to increase rapidly over the coming months, particularly with the impact of the national radio advertising campaign to encourage young people to get involved, which was announced on 26 October.