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New Deal Schemes: Aberavon

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 assisted into work, training and work experience in Aberavon constituency since its inception, broken down by New Deal category. (190219)

The available information on the number of people helped into work through all the new deals in the Aberavon constituency is in the following table.

Number of people into work through New Deal in Aberavon

Programme

Number

New Deal for Young People

1,290

New Deal 25 Plus

310

New Deal for Lone Parents

900

New Deal for Disabled People

650

New Deal 50 plus

90

New Deal for Partners

10

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 to 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.

3. Constituency data for New Deal 50 plus are only available from April 2003 and for New Deal for Partners from April 2004.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate.

Information on the number of people who have started training and work experience is available only 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) Options in Aberavon

Option

Numbers who have started

Employment Option

130

Education and Training Option

140

Notes:

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

2. Data include current participants on the Employment and Education and Training Options, as well as those who have left NDYP from these Options.

3. Data include 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 participants on the voluntary New Deals who have accessed training available through the mandatory New Deals.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate.

New Deal 25 plus Intensive Activity Period (IAP) in Aberavon

Option

Numbers who have started

Employment and Work Experience/Placements stage of the IAP

170

Education and Training Opportunities stage of the IAP

10

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 participants on the voluntary New Deals who have accessed training available through the mandatory New Deals.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate.