[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, NDDP job brokers.
Participants on NDDP can remain on the programme for as long as they need help, and up to November 2006, 142,460 people are recorded as having been on the programme for more than 12 months.
When NDDP participants enter employment, they are not necessarily counted as leavers from the programme as they are entitled to a minimum of twenty-six weeks in-work support from their new deal provider.
Information in the table represents those people who left NDDP but elected to either not access the in-work support element of the programme, or to utilise this only for a short period of time. These participants are therefore the only group that appear under the definition of those leaving directly to employment.
Month Number of leavers with a recorded immediate destination of employment July 2001 — August 2001 — September 2001 — October 2001 — November 2001 10 December 2001 10 January 2002 20 February 2002 70 March 2002 140 April 2002 190 May 2002 220 June 2002 160 July 2002 160 August 2002 220 September 2002 270 October 2002 290 November 2002 400 December 2002 340 January 2003 550 February 2003 380 March 2003 510 April 2003 480 May 2003 850 June 2003 550 July 2003 450 August 2003 650 September 2003 590 October 2003 1,330 November 2003 1,080 December 2003 890 January 2004 1,240 February 2004 1,240 March 2004 1,210 April 2004 1,190 May 2004 1,010 June 2004 1,220 July 2004 1,620 August 2004 1,440 September 2004 1,310 October 2004 2,140 November 2004 1,550 December 2004 1,730 January 2005 2,040 February 2005 2,050 March 2005 1,740 April 2005 1,720 May 2005 1,600 June 2005 1,880 July 2005 2,270 August 2005 1,790 September 2005 2,270 October 2005 1,810 November 2005 1,740 December 2005 1,980 January 2006 2,110 February 2006 2,250 March 2006 2,470 Notes: 1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Latest data relate to the end of November 2006. A comparison between leavers to employment before and after April 2007 is not valid because of a change in the way data is collected on sustained employment. 3. New deal for disabled people was introduced in July 2001. Source: Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions
The information is in the following table.
Number of people registering with a job broker 2001 5,810 2002 24,620 2003 30,710 2004 49,100 2005 59,510 2006 63,050 Notes: 1. Data for 2001 are from July 2001 when the programme began. 2. Latest complete year data is to December 2006. Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.
[holding answer 13 June 2007]: The information is in the following table.
People gaining a job1 Of which, gained a sustained job2 20013 1,000 910 2002 8,190 5,260 2003 16,240 9,550 2004 29,520 18,120 2005 37,750 20,630 1. Includes people gaining a job through an NDDP Job Broker and those who are also registered with an NDDP Job Broker but who gain a job through a Jobcentre Plus Adviser. 2. Only includes those gaining work through an NDDP Job Broker as a sustainability measure is only available from jobs obtained through an NDDP Job Broker. 3. Data are from July 2001. Notes: 1. Latest complete year data is for 2005. 2. An 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. Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.