Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have applied to take on staff under the Youth Contract in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley Local Authority, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) the UK since the implementation of that policy.
The information requested is not readily available. The latest Youth Contract statistics are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-official-statistics-august-2014--2