HC Deb 12 March 2003 vol 401 cc333-4W
Sir Archy Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2003,Official Report, column 660W, on the New Deal, if he will make a statement on the difference of outcomes for those leaving the subsidised employment option of the New Deal for Young People and the New Deal 25 plus. [97781]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

We have not conducted a comparative evaluation of outcomes between the New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus. The client groups for the programmes have very different characteristics and the programmes themselves are not identical. People aged between 18 and 24 can join the New Deal for Young People at six months of unemployment. In contrast, individuals are eligible for New Deal 25 plus following a period of 18 months or 18 out of 21 months of unemployment. As New Deal 25 plus participants have faced longer terms of unemployment, and hence greater barriers to work, fewer job outcomes through subsidised employment are likely.

Up to September 2002 the New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus have helped well over half a million people move from benefit and into work. Both programmes are continuing to help significant numbers of disadvantaged people into jobs. We building on their success and providing extra help for those facing the greatest disadvantages in the labour market.

Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many businesses were established under the New Deal self-employment model for(a) young people, (b) 25 plus and (c) lone parents in each year since its creation; and how many of those businesses were still trading after (i) one year, (ii) two years, (iii) three years., (iv) four years and (v) five years and above, from the end of the third stage of test trading. [93409]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The information requested is not available. However, we do record the number of people who move into sustained employment of 13 weeks or more following test trading under the New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus. This information is in the tables. Equivalent information is not available for the New Deal for Lone Parents.

New deal for young people
Left new deal for sustained employment following test trading1
April 1998 to December 2000 1,000
January to December 2001 450
January to September 2002 220
Total 1,680

New deal 25 plus2
Left new deal fir sustained employment following test trading1
April to December 2001 30
January to December 2002 410
Total 440
1 Figures include people who moved into sustained employment as employees following test trading.
2 New deal 25 plus did not have a self-employed option until it was enhanced in April 2001.

Note

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source

Labour Market System and New Deal Evaluation Database

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