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New Deal

Volume 458: debated on Monday 26 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total cost to his Department of each new deal programme has been in each year since 2001. (105899)

The information is in the following table.

New deal costs since 2001

£ 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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the cost per job placement of (a) the New Deal for Young People and (b) New Deal 25 plus. (111233)

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.