§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people aged under 25 years have been(a) killed and (b) injured while on new deal schemes in each of the last three years. [16095]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownSince April 1998 there has been one fatality and 230 injuries reported on the new deal for young people. These are broken down as follows for each of the last three years:
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Year Injuries Fatality April 1998 to March 1999 21 1 April 1999 to March 2000 130 — April 2000 to March 2001 79 — Total 230 1
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of persons classified as leaving the New Deal for Young Persons to unknown destinations who left for sustained jobs in each of the last three years. [8125]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownWe estimate from surveys of this group that over 50 per cent. of those who have left the New Deal for Young People for unknown destinations moved into sustained jobs.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people left the Environmental Taskforce option of the New Deal for Young People between July 1999 and October 2001 for(a) an unknown destination, (b) sustained unsubsidised employment, (c) jobs lasting less than 13 weeks, (d) other benefits and (e) another known destination; [11596]
(2) how many people left the voluntary sector option of the New Deal for Young People between July 1999 and October 2001 for (a) an unknown destination, (b) sustained unsubsidised employment, (c) jobs lasting less than 13 weeks, (d) other benefits and (e) another known destination. [11597]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe available information is in the table. Figures for the numbers leaving for jobs lasting less than 13 weeks are not available as, by definition, all clients who enter a job and return to benefit within 13 weeks are not classed as having left New Deal.
Numbers and destinations of leavers from the Environment Taskforce and Voluntary Sector options: July 1999—August 2001 Environment taskforce Voluntary sector Total leavers 33,960 34,920 Unsubsidised job 10,650 11,480 Other benefits 2,970 3,290 Other known destination 10,140 10,410 Unknown destination 10,200 9,740 Source:
Employment Service New Deal Evaluation Database
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer from the Minister for Work to the hon. Member for Vale of York (Miss McIntosh) of 12 November 2001,Official Report, column 865, if he will place in the Library the evidence referred to on the number of people who have found work as a result of the new deal for the under-25s. [16221]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe report "The New Deal for Young People: Implications for Employment and the Public Finances" by Rebecca Riley and Garry Young, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (December 2000), is already in the Library.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many persons have left the New Deal for Young People for(a) employment and (b) sustained employment lasting more than 13 weeks in Government Departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Young People and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Young People for employment; how many joined each Government Department in each year since the inception of the New Deal for Young People; and what 159W this last number represents as a proportion of (A) total recruitment and (B) recruitment in the 18–25 age group by the Department in question; [7981]
(2) how many persons left the New Deal for the long-term unemployed for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government Departments; and what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons leaving the New Deal for the long-term unemployed in each year since its inception; [9420]
(3) how many persons left the New Deal for Disabled People for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government Departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Disabled People and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since its inception; [9642]
(4) how many persons have left the New Deal for Lone Parents for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government Departments; what proportion such 160W persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents for employment; how many joined each Government Department in each year since its inception; [9682]
(5) how many persons have left the New Deal for people aged 50 and above for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government Departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for people aged 50+ and (ii) leaving the New Deal for people aged 50+ for employment in each year since the inception of the New Deal. [9683]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownAt 1 July 2001, the total number of clients entering Government Departments from the New Deal for Young People and the long-term unemployed was 5,151, which equates to 1.4 per cent. of all people starting on these programmes. Employment in the civil service accounts for around 1.7 per cent. of the work force as a whole. Figures for the other new deals are not available.