§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the total cost to date of publications on, and advertising of, New Deal programmes for the unemployed. [118512]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 10 April 2000]: A sum of £1,849,405 has been spent on publications and a sum of £9,697,576 has been spent on advertising New Deal. These figures exclude the cost of VAT but include amounts incurred for New Deal for Young People, New Deal 25 plus, New Deal 50 plus, New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People and New Deal for Disabled People.
The sums do not include expenditure on the promotion of New Deal for Lone Parents, as the Department of Social Security takes the lead on this programme.