Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people have received support through the Youth Obligation; and how many of those people have subsequently gone on to (a) an apprenticeship, (b) a traineeship and (c) a work placement.

There have been 24,600 young people who have signed a claimant commitment and started the Youth Obligation Support Programme since it began in April 2017, up until the end of February 2018.

It is not possible to say how many of them have subsequently gone on to (a) an apprenticeship (b) a traineeship and (c) a work placement without checking individual records, which would incur disproportionate cost.

Notes

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.