(2) how many people unemployed for 12 months or more since April 2009 have not been referred to a flexible new deal provider in phase one areas.
The flexible new deal started on 5 October and data are only starting to feed through. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish headline Official Statistics from early 2010.