New Deal For Young People

Lord Mason of Barnsley
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many people have opted for training and self-employment within the New Deal, giving figures separately for England and South Yorkshire. [HL995]

Baroness Blackstone
Under the New Deal for Young People there are four options, all of which involve some form of training. Figures for these to the end of November 1999 are as follows: ----------------------------------
|Options                         |
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|Full Time Education and Training|
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|Voluntary Sector                |
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|Environment Task Force          |
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|Employment                      |
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For the Self-Employment Route within New Deal we gather clerical information for Great Britain. The latest provisional figures to the end of January 2000 show that nationally 1,671 young people have started test trading under the Self Employment Option, and 346 young people have gone into independent self-employment. This figure is not broken down to separate regions.