House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 6 Jul 1999 (pt 24)

School Cricket

Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many state schools have (a) cricket nets, (b) cricket squares and (c) inter-school cricket fixtures. [88935]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Department does not collect this information.

New Deal (Young People)

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 Wrexham 50 27

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 Somerset 53 29

Bristol and South Gloucestershire formerly Central Bristol 45 34

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

	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 Wrexham	50	27
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 Somerset	53	29
Bristol and South Gloucestershire formerly Central Bristol	45	34
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

6 Jul 1999 : Column: 522

Mr. Keetch: 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. [89371]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The table shows the number of young people leaving each stage of New Deal and the proportion of them who went into unsubsidised employment between April 1998 and April 1999, by each Employment Service region.

6 Jul 1999 : Column: 521

Percentage

Scotland Northern North West Yorkshire and the Humber Wales West Midlands East Mids and Eastern South West London and South East

Those leaving before having a first interview 44 46 38 38 44 37 41 43 30

Those leaving during the gateway 48 47 46 45 49 44 49 53 45

Those leaving from an option 45 39 44 40 45 37 39 44 37

Those leaving from follow-through 31 32 30 31 33 36 34 40 34

	Scotland	Northern	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Wales	West Midlands	East Mids and Eastern	South West	London and South East
Those leaving before having a first interview	44	46	38	38	44	37	41	43	30
Those leaving during the gateway	48	47	46	45	49	44	49	53	45
Those leaving from an option	45	39	44	40	45	37	39	44	37
Those leaving from follow-through	31	32	30	31	33	36	34	40	34

6 Jul 1999 : Column: 523

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) of 25 June 1999, Official Report, columns 467-68 on the New Deal, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the survey of young people leaving the New Deal for unknown destinations. [89394]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The recently published survey on leavers with unknown destinations was carried out by a reputable independent organisation under careful management from the Employment Service. It was produced and released in accordance with the Government Statistical Service Code of Practice and I am, therefore, satisfied that the survey results are reliable.

Mr. Paul Marsden: 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. [89379]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The latest Government Statistical figures to the end of April 1999 show that 1,284 people have entered the New Deal for Young People in the Shropshire Unit of Delivery which cover Shrewsbury and Atcham. Statistics from the New Deal are not available yet for individual constituencies; rather they are broken down by Unit of Delivery. I am very encouraged by the progress being made in Shropshire and pleased to see that they are currently in the top quartile in the New Deal Core Performance tables for the proportion of people moving from the New Deal into jobs.

Teaching Days

Sir Sydney Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on how many days pupils in the state primary and secondary schools will be taught in the 1998-99 academic year; and what were the comparable figures for 10, 20 and 30 years previously. [89823]

Ms Estelle Morris: Regulations require there to be 380 half-day sessions during any school year. This provision is consistent with the 190 days a year on which teachers may be required under their statutory conditions of service to teach children.

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