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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answered by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

20 October 2003

Reference

411 c355

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to visit Nottingham North to discuss youth unemployment.

Asked by

Graham Allen (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

20 October 2003

Reference

411 c355; 132602

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

Answered by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

20 October 2003

Reference

411 c355

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the figures underlying Chart 3, on long-term youth unemployment, in the Treasury paper, The Goal of Full Employment: Employment Opportunities for all Throughout Britain, published in February. - Inc table. (Holding answer 4 April 2000).

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2000

For answer on

10 April 2000

Answered on

10 April 2000

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the figures underlying Chart 3, on long-term youth unemployment, in the Treasury paper "The Goal of Full Employment: Employment Opportunities for all Throughout Britain", published in February. [116852] Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answer 4 April 2000]: The figures refer to those aged 18-24 claimant unemployed for six months or longer. Since the data are not seasonally adjusted a moving average over one year was taken to smooth out seasonality. Prior to 1995 data are available only quarterly and missing months were estimated by interpolation. The figures for December, being representative of each year, are shown in the table. Long-term youth unemployment{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1979 114,864 1980 146,645 1981 327,438 1982 453,931 1983 486,239 1984 525,466 1985 527,531 1986 483,810 1987 398,838 1988 283,460 1989 193,960 1990 159,035 1991 238,320 1992 340,254 1993 370,381 1994 323,078 1995 270,308 1996 229,548 1997 146,793 1998 101,263 1999 58,651 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Those aged 18-24 claimant unemployed for six months or more. Figures refer to the average over the previous 12 months of non-seasonally adjusted data in December for each year.

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c20-1W; 116852

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people who responded to the Survey of New Deal Leavers with Unknown Destinations stated that they had left for (a) unsubsidised work, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) income support and (d) another destination; and if he will list the...

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 1999

Reference

93466; 336 c191W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the number and proportion of young people who on leaving the New Deal employment option then move on to unsubsidised employment. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 1999

Reference

90317; 335 c648W;335 c650W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of participants in the New Deal programme have left it to become self-employed. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1999

Reference

89430; 335 c195W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of young people in the New Deal programme are in jobs without government subsidy in the city of Sunderland. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Fraser Kemp (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 1999

Reference

90277; 335 c167W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Answered by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

8 July 1999

Reference

334 c1157-8

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, If he will make a statement on the progress of the Environmental Task Force option within the New Deal for young people. (Failed OPQ) - Inc figures.

Asked by

Ian Gibson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 1999

Reference

88999; 334 c632-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, How he proposes to improve the promotion of self-employment through the New Deal.

Asked by

Chris Pond (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 1999

Reference

334 c1157-8; 88964

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the numbers of participants in New Deal programmes who have not obtained a job after they have completed their participation. - Including figures. (Holding answer 2 July 1999).

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 1999

Reference

89415; 334 c560W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each region the proportion of all those who left the 18 to 24 New Deal for unsubsidised employment who left at each stage of the New Deal process between April 1998 and April 1999.

Asked by

Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 1999

Reference

89371; 334 c522W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the percentage of leavers from the 18 to 24 New Deal by each unit of delivery in the United Kingdom from April 1998 to the latest date for which the figures are available (a) whose destination...

Asked by

Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 June 1999

For answer on

6 July 1999

Answered on

6 July 1999

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the percentage of leavers from the 18 to 24 New Deal by each unit of delivery in the United Kingdom from April 1998 to the latest date for which the figures are available (a) whose destination was unsubsidised employment and (b) whose destination was unknown. [89377] Mr. Andrew Smith: The table shows the percentages of young people leaving New Deal for unsubsidised employment and for whom no destination is recorded for the period April 1998 to April 1999, by each Employment Service Unit of Delivery. In addition to these figures for unsubsidised jobs, the independent research report on leavers with unknown destinations published last month showed that 43 per cent. of respondents said they had left the New Deal for paid employment. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Destination on leaving Revised units of delivery Unsubsidised employment Not known Tayside 44 32 Ayrshire 47 28 Borders 49 34 Dumfries and Galloway 46 32 Dunbarton 52 26 Edinburgh, East and Mid Lothian 44 30 Fife 43 36 Forth valley 56 24 Glasgow 38 32 Grampian 39 34 Moray, Strathspay and Badenoch 54 27 Lanarkshire 49 24 Renfrewshire 46 27 West Lothian 49 29 Argyll and The Islands 56 28 Caithness and Sutherland 52 27 Inverness and Nairn 49 30 Lochaber 58 35 Western Isles 49 35 Orkney 72 22 Ross and Cromarty 59 26 Shetland 45 45 Skye and Lochalsh 44 50 Newcastle, Gateshead and South Tyneside 38 35 Northumberland 49 26 Tyneside North 48 28 Durham North and Durham South 47 28 City of Sunderland formerly Wearside 47 23 Tees North and Tees South 41 30 Cumbria 48 29 Wirral 42 38 Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre 43 36 Bolton 41 34 Bury 43 35 Central Lancashire 46 28 Cheshire 46 31 City Pride Manchester 40 36 East Lancashire 42 33 Halton and Warrington 48 31 Knowsley 38 29 Liverpool 39 32 North Lancashire 48 31 Oldham 47 31 Rochdale 44 31 Sefton 50 26 St. Helens 44 28 Stockport 45 31 West Lancashire 49 19 Wigan 49 30 Sheffield 39 42 Rotherham 39 37 South Humber 53 26 Calderdale and Kirlees 40 34 Barnsley and The Dearne 44 27 Bradford 39 37 Hull and East Coast formerly Hull 49 27 Leeds 37 42 North Yorkshire 45 34 Wakefield and Doncaster 42 35 West Wales 47 29 Swansea 45 31 North West Wales 57 24 Powys 44 34 Ceredigion 53 22 North East Wales formerly Flintshire and 50 27 Wrexham North Wales Coast 41 33 Cardiff and Vale 42 34 Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys 45 26 Heads of the Valley and Caerphilly 48 26 Newport, Torfaen and Monmouth 45 32 Black Country 43 33 Birmingham 35 39 Solihull 36 39 Staffordshire 45 32 Hereford and Worcester 51 31 Coventry 40 39 Warwickshire 47 36 Shropshire 49 30 Southern Derbyshire 44 32 Cambridge TTWA 52 31 North Derbyshire 47 31 Leicestershire 42 38 Lincolnshire 46 33 Norfolk 51 30 West Norfolk 60 23 Northamptonshire 43 40 Greater Nottingham 40 36 North Nottinghamshire 48 29 Peterborough 44 37 Suffolk 53 25 Waveney 56 23 Cornwall 51 34 Bath and North East Somerset and North 53 29 Somerset Bristol and South Gloucestershire formerly 45 34 Central Bristol Dorset 47 36 Exeter and East Devon 49 27 Torbay and South Devon formerly South Devon 54 28 North Devon 49 32 Gloucestershire 47 33 Plymouth 48 31 Somerset 52 31 Wiltshire and Swindon formerly Wiltshire 50 30 Eastbourne and Hastings formerly Eastbourne 43 40 Lambeth 35 48 Harlow 39 42 Hackney and City 32 46 Hertfordshire 50 33 Brighton 43 36 Canterbury 43 39 Channel 52 30 Chatham 48 33 Crawley 44 40 Croydon and Bromley 41 43 Guildford 50 36 Lewisham 41 41 Maidstone, Dartford and West Kent 50 33 Southwark 35 41 Greenwich 43 36 Bexley 49 34 Sutton, Merton, Esher, Kingston, Epsom 45 38 Wandsworth 36 43 West Sussex Coastal Plain 50 32 South Essex 51 26 North Essex formerly North and Mid Essex 53 30 Edgware and Leaside 37 43 North East London 38 43 Havering, Barking and Dagneham 41 41 Newham 34 45 Tower Hamlets 38 42 Camden and North Islington 37 47 Ealing and Hillingdon formerly Ealing 41 42 Bedfordshire and Luton 40 41 Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire 41 41 Mid Hants 47 37 Oxfordshire 42 39 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 45 37 Isle of Wight 48 33 Reading 43 41 Slough 43 41 Southampton and South West Hampshire 45 37 Wembley 38 44 Westminster 32 48 Hounslow and Richmond 38 43 Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea 37 43 Total 44 34 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 July 1999

Reference

89377; 334 c519-22W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer to the Right honourable Member for Penrith and the Border of 25th June, Official Report, columns 467-8 on the New Deal, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the survey of young people leaving...

Asked by

Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 1999

Reference

89394; 334 c523W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have entered the New Deal scheme for those aged under 25 years in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Paul Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 1999

Reference

334 c523W; 89379

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the other known reasons for the departure of 9 per cent. of young New Deal participants as referred to in his Department's Statistical First Release /12/1999.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 1999

Reference

89418; 334 c319W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the proportion of people participating in the Training and Education Option of the New Deal who obtain unsubsidised employment after completion of their training; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 1999

Reference

89433; 334 c318W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to change the respective shares of resources for the New Deal to be allocated to those aged (i) under and (ii) over 25 years.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 1999

Reference

89420; 334 c320W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he proposes to take to increase the supply of New Deal recruits.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 1999

Reference

89423; 334 c320W

House

House of Commons

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