§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been taken on by the Employment Service as personal advisers on the new deal from each of the new deal schemes; and at what cost. [109284]
§ Ms JowellFrom April 1998 to February 2000, the Employment Service has not recruited anyone into the organisation to work as a New Deal personal adviser through the New Deal schemes. Employment Service New Deal employees are recruited to work in the administrative grades (Pay Bands 8 and 9). Personal advisers in the Employment Service are employed at a higher level which reflects the complexities and nature of their role.