The information is in the following table.
£ million 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 New deal for young people 308 314 264 254 198 New deal 25 plus 213 238 189 179 125 New deal 50 plus 87 87 41 3 1 New deal for lone parents 46 62 20 24 26 New deal for disabled people 10 31 28 65 68 New deal for partners 8 6 0 1 1 Admin n/a n/a 111 113 121 Notes: 1. Figures include all new deal costs including administrative expenditure up to 2002-03. Information on administrative expenditure by individual new deal is not available for 2003-04 and later years. 2. Spend data also includes allowances paid to participants apart from the 50 plus element of the working tax credit which is the responsibility of HMRC. As this is not included, new deal 50 plus costs reduce after 2002-03. 3. Spend on new deal for partners in 2003-04 was less than £0.5 million and is thus not recorded as figures are rounded to the nearest £ million. 4. Start dates for each programme are: new deal for young people: January 1998; new deal 25 plus: July 1998; new deal for lone parents: October 1998; new deal 50 plus: April 2000; new deal for disabled people: July 2001; new deal for partners: April 1999. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Financial Control Division
We estimate that the average cost of helping someone into work through new deal for young people is £2,789 and through new deal 25 plus is £3,471. This data is for the period ending March 2006 and excludes administration costs.