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New Deal

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 6 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people the new deal has helped into work, training and work experience in each new deal category since its inception. (187300)

Information on the number of people helped into work through all the new deals is in the following table.

Number of people into work through new deal

Programme

Number

New deal for young people

764,630

New deal 25 plus

301,170

New deal for lone parents

521,850

New deal for disabled people

151,970

New deal 50 plus

175,320

New deal for partners

6,480

Notes:

1. Data are to May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Programme start dates are: New deal for young people: April 1998 (piloted from January-March 1998); New deal 25 plus: July 1998; New deal for lone parents: October 1998; New deal for partners: April 1999; New deal 50 plus: April 2000; new deal for disabled people: July 2001.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate

Information on the number of people who have started training and work experience are only available through the options stage of the new deal for young people (NDYP) programme and the intensive activity period (IAP) of the new deal 25 plus (ND25 plus) programme.

The available requested information is in the following tables.

New deal for young people (NDYP)

Option

Numbers who have started

Employment option

68,450

Education and training option

141,610

Notes:

1. Data are to May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Data includes current participants on the employment and education and training options, as well as those who have left NDYP from these options.

3. Data includes those who have participated on these options but left NDYP from the follow through stage of the programme.

4. Data do not include those who have participated on these options but who are currently on the follow through stage of NDYP.

5. Data could include people on the voluntary new deals who have accessed training from the provision available through NDYP.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate.

New deal 25 plus

Option

Numbers who have started

Employment and work experience/placements stage of the IAP

92,770

Education and training opportunities stage of the IAP

51,710

Notes:

1. Data are to May 2007 and rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Data include current participants on the employment/work experience/training elements of the IAP, as well as those who have left ND25 plus from these elements.

3. Data include those who have participated on these elements of the IAP but left ND25 plus from the follow through stage of the programme.

4. Data do not includes those who have participated on these elements of the IAP but who are currently on the follow through stage of ND25 plus.

5. Data could include people on the voluntary new deals who have accessed training from the provision available through new deal 25 plus.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate.