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New Deal for Young People

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of claimants on the new deal for young people left the programme for (a) the employment option, (b) the environmental taskforce, (c) the voluntary section, (d) full-time education/training and (e) unsubsidised work in each year since 1998. (140587)

The information requested on the new deal for young people (NDYP) employment; environment taskforce; voluntary sector, and full-time education and training options is not available. This is because they are integral parts of NDYP and those participating on these Options are not classified as having left new deal.

Since January 1998 when the programme started, to the end of November 2006, 1,090,270 people had left NDYP, of which 508,650 (47 per cent.) had left to unsubsidised employment.

Information on the numbers of people who have participated on each of the NDYP options, as part of their participation in NDYP, is in the table.

New deal for young people options

Participants

Option

Number

Percentage

Employment option

89,310

17

Voluntary sector option

194,330

38

Environment taskforce option

124,500

24

Full-time education and training option

104,000

20

Notes:

1. Information is from January 1998-November 2006 and may include people who have participated on more than one option.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

3. The percentages in the tables are the number starting each option as a percentage of the number starting all options.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions New Deal database