The available information can be found in tables (a) and (b).
We are currently in the process of introducing the Flexible New Deal which replaces the existing New Deals with more flexible, tailored support. The Flexible New Deal will be available in most areas of the country by October 2010.
The small number of people who may finish the Flexible New Deal without finding sustained work, normally at the 24-month point of unemployment, will return to Jobseeker’s Allowance at the Supported Work Search stage (Stage 3). This will allow the claimant to make the best use of their experience with the Flexible New Deal provider while being required to actively seek work.
From November this year, we will also be testing two new types of support for those who finish the Flexible New Deal without finding sustained work.
In two pilot areas—Greater Manchester and Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire—people who complete Flexible New Deal without securing employment will undertake either the Work for Your Benefit programme or the Jobcentre Plus based Enhanced Support Period.
Work for Your Benefit is a programme of full-time work experience backed with additional employment support for up to six months. This is designed to help them to build up their work habits and gain practical experience which will be of value to themselves and to employers.
In addition, a new Jobcentre Plus based Enhanced Support Period will deliver more intensive one to one adviser support backed up with a ring fenced Personal Support Fund of £500 per person.
As at May: Total leavers Leavers to jobseeker’s allowance 1998 79,790 3,250 1999 200,500 25,050 2000 202,510 27,670 2001 217,330 27,650 2002 272,340 49,800 2003 286,980 56,020 2004 268,870 48,580 2005 244,320 52,530 2006 264,580 58,610 2007 314,700 70,040 2008 276,300 71,300 2009 134,170 47,060 Total 2,762,370 537,550
As at May: Total leavers from new deal for young people Leavers to jobseeker’s allowance 1998 79,790 3,250 1999 200,500 25,050 2000 202,510 27,670 2001 179,720 21,970 2002 168,370 20,050 2003 174,040 21,030 2004 169,190 20,900 2005 153,570 24,320 2006 176,300 28,880 2007 194,120 32,810 2008 159,260 29,930 2009 87,390 25,360 Total 1,944,760 281,210 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures may not sum due to rounding. 2. Total leavers in table (a) include leavers from New Deal for Partners, New Deal for 25 Plus and New Deal for Young People. 3. Table (a) does not include New Deal for Disabled People, New Deal for Lone Parents and New Deal for 50 Plus for which leavers data is not available. 4. Year of leaving is the calendar year of leaving New Deal. 5. Immediate destination is measured within two weeks of leaving New Deal, using information from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. 6. Latest data are to May 2009. 7. The measure used for New Deal for Partners is Leavers (individuals) as spells are not available. 8. The New Deal for Young People pilots began in January 1998 and full national roll-out occurred in April 1998. 9. The New Deal for 25 Plus programme was introduced in July 1998. 10. Data for New Deal for Partners are available from April 2004 (programme started in May 1999). Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate