§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) by month and (b) by region, expenditure on the New Deal for young people during 1998 up to the most recent available date. [59166]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithExpenditure that has been brought to account for the delivery of the new deal for young people, up to the 30 September in total is £47.14 million. This is broken down by the seven ES regions and Scotland and Wales as follows: