§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what advice his Department has given to the Employment Service on the minimum weekly wage that should be payable to 18 to 25-year-olds offered employment under the New Deal. [14428]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThis Department's policy is set out in the Design of the New Deal for 18–24-year-olds which states that
Employers [will] not make a direct cash profit from the subsidy, but that the New Deal employee [will cost] them in wages at least as much as they receive in subsidy. It is expected that the New Deal employees will receive the normal rate paid to comparable employees of the company".A copy of the Design of the New Deal for 18–24-year-olds has been placed in the Library.