Due to the re-organisation of Jobcentre Plus over the past five years it is not possible to provide comparable data at district level. The available information is shown in the following table.
£ million 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 East Midlands 0.062 0.181 1.052 0.476 0.937 1.212 1.445 1.224 1.394 0.965 East of England 0.000 0.196 0.822 0.551 0.781 0.870 0.983 0.572 3.557 1.041 London 0.438 1.557 1.363 0.895 2.085 3.050 5.025 8.042 9.934 5.211 North East 0.039 0.191 0.577 0.397 1.140 1.242 1.161 0.109 0.336 1.227 North West 0.081 0.580 1.754 1.270 3.029 3.239 3.350 2.661 2.290 3.033 Scotland 0.134 0.657 1.634 1.326 2.421 3.145 3.592 2.432 1.745 0.976 Wales 0.074 0.313 0.632 0.576 1.396 1.612 1.413 1.167 1.482 0.754 South East 0.000 0.022 1.099 0.736 1.381 1.338 1.161 1.398 7.864 1.867 South West 0.056 0.140 0.703 0.564 1.438 1.216 1.361 0.276 0.489 0.905 West Midlands 0.063 0.935 0.900 0.598 1.707 1.439 1.756 2.718 2.451 2.022 Yorkshire and Humber 0.062 0.337 1.118 0.683 1.525 2.080 3.195 3.311 3.101 2.979 Non regional/ national level 0.101 6.722 1.967 0.803 -0.265 0.006 0.031 2.122 6.874 39.374 Total 1.112 11.832 13.620 8.875 17.576 20.449 24.474 26.032 41.517 60.353 Notes: 1. New deal for lone parents started in 1998. 2. Expenditure figures exclude admin costs as they cannot be identified since 2002-03 when ringfences were removed with agreement from HM Treasury. 3. All the figures are confirmed spend and are quoted in cash terms. 4. The spend shown against non-regional/national above represents spend on projects for lone parents managed centrally. 5. Where negative figures are shown against non regional/national level spend, this reflects minor accounting adjustments made as a result of audit, which are credited at national rather than regional level. 6. The source of the above data is from the DWP financial systems. The new deal for lone parents totals agree to the departmental report.