HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 cc344-5W
Mr. Pickles

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will make an announcement about the national implementation of the personal adviser service part of his New Deal for the Disabled. [118599]

Ms Hodge

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) on 12 April 2000,Official Report, column 186W.

Mr. Pickles

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many personal advisers work for the personal adviser section of the New Deal for the Disabled; and what the average care load is in each(a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) county. [118609]

Ms Hodge

The information is not available in the precise form requested. Personal advisers are not allocated to specific constituencies, local authorities or counties. The table sets out the coverage and average caseload per personal adviser (as at 25 February) for each pilot area.

£000
September 1998 31
October 45
November 80
December 103
January 1999 90

£000
February 138
March 788
April 32
May 513
June 603
July 567
August 918
September 932
October 626
November 765
December 842
January 2000 921
February 1,008