[holding answer 18 May 2007]: Up to the end of November 2006, new deal for disabled people (NDDP) had been successful in helping 134,160 people into work, including 101,720 people who had registered with, and received assistance from, an NDDP job broker.
Information on job sustainability is available to March 2006. Of the 78,970 people who had gained a job through a job broker to March 2006, 54,090 had gained a sustained job.
A new deal for disabled people (NDDP) job is regarded as sustained when a person who has been placed into work through an NDDP job broker remains in work for 13 out of 39 weeks. Prior to October 2003, an NDDP job was regarded as sustained when a person, placed into work through an NDDP job broker, remained in work for 26 out of 39 weeks.
Information on those who are recorded as leaving NDDP with an immediate destination of employment, which was also recorded as a sustained job, is in the following table.
Month Number of leavers with a recorded immediate destination of sustained employment January 2002 20 February 2002 60 March 2002 130 April 2002 170 May 2002 210 June 2002 150 July 2002 140 August 2002 190 September 2002 250 October 2002 240 November 2002 350 December 2002 300 January 2003 470 February 2003 340 March 2003 460 April 2003 430 May 2003 800 June 2003 500 July 2003 400 August 2003 590 September 2003 520 October 2003 1,260 November 2003 1,020 December 2003 850 January 2004 1,180 February 2004 1,170 March 2004 1,160 April 2004 1,090 May 2004 950 June 2004 1,140 July 2004 1,490 August 2004 1,350 September 2004 1,210 October 2004 2,030 November 2004 1,450 December 2004 1,610 January 2005 1,930 February 2005 1,960 March 2005 1,640 April 2005 1,610 May 2005 1,510 June 2005 1,750 July 2005 2,140 August 2005 1,670 September 2005 2,120 October 2005 1,680 November 2005 1,630 December 2005 1,880 January 2006 2,010 February 2006 2,100 March 2006 2,240 Notes: 1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Separate data on whether a job is sustained through NDDP are not collected centrally after March 2006. 3. The new deal for disabled people programme was introduced in July 2001. Source: Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions