§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been spent on the New Deal for 18 to 24 year olds in the West Sussex Coastal Plain Unit of Delivery. [77912]
§ Mr. Andrew Smith[holding answer 22 March 1999]: Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its Chief Executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter form Richard Foster to Mr. Tim Loughton, dated 19 March 1999:
As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has asked Leigh Lewis to reply to your question about the amount spent on New Deal for 18 to 24 year olds in the West Sussex Coastal Plain Unit of Delivery. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to Mr Lewis as Chief Executive of the Agency. I am replying in his absence.
To the end of February this year, £224,318 had been brought to account in the West Sussex Coastal Plain Unit of Delivery on the New Deal for 18–24 year olds.
I hope this is helpful.