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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

5I new deal for young unemployed people

Table 5I1 Numbers participating in, starting and leaving the New Deal for young unemployed people, 1998

(thousands)

Month	Number on New Deal at month end			Number of starts¹ in month			Number of leavers² in month
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Total	*	*	*	10.1	3.1	13.3	1.5	0.5	2.0
January³	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.5	-	-	-
February³	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	-	-	-
March³	0.7	0.2	0.9	0.1	-	0.2	0.1	-	-
April	2.8	0.8	3.6	2.2	0.6	2.8	0.1	-	0.1
May	5.3	1.5	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.7	0.3	0.1	0.4
June	6.8	2.0	8.9	2.0	0.6	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.6
July	8.6	2.6	11.2	2.4	0.8	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.8

Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Employment Service

¹ Those identified by Employment Service (ES) as having joined New Deal, including those who have received an initial invitation, but have not yet attended their first interview.

² Those who have left during Gateway either to go into an unsubsidised job or for some other reason; plus those who have left an option without returning to ES.

³ Data refer to Tayside Pathfinder area only. New Deal was not introduced nationally until April.

Chart 5I1 Immediate destinations of leavers from the New Deal Gateway, January to July 1998

Pie Chart

Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Employment Service

¹ Those who are recorded by ES as having been placed into unsubsidised, plus those who are recorded as having terminated their JSA claim in order to go into a job. This will undercut the total number going into a job: some who go into a job, for whatever reason, record this as the reason for termination of the JSA claim.

² Includes for example transfer to a training programme, or gone abroad.