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New Deal Schemes: Young People

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 13 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of participants in the New Deal for Young People have left the benefits system without securing a job or receiving education or training in each of the last five years. (303031)

The information requested is not available in this exact format, as the reason for an individual leaving benefit is not always known. However the following table sets out the destinations, by percentage, of people who have left the new deal for young people, other than to benefits, in the last five years:

Percentage

Leavers to work

Other destination (including education or training) or destination unknown

2005

52.18

47.82

2006

49.85

50.15

2007

50.37

49.63

2008

47.86

52.14

2009

37.58

62.42

Notes:

1. Immediate destination is measured within two weeks of leaving new deal, using information from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

2. The year of leaving is the calendar year of leaving new deal.

3. Latest data for 2009 are to May.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate