§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 4 May 2000,Official Report, column 213W, on regeneration-related initiatives, if he will list the details requested for (a) New Deal for Disabled people, (b) New Deal for Lone Parents, (c) New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed aged 25 plus: 12 to 18 months unemployed, (d) New Deal for Long-term Unemployed aged 25 plus: 2 years plus unemployed and (e) ONE. [124412]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 5 June 2000]Details regarding sums budgeted and expended on these initiatives are set out in the tables.
484WUnder the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP), we have been piloting and testing ways in which to help Disabled People in to work. Over the coming months we will develop proposals for extending the NDDP nationally. Expenditure to date is set out in the following table.
Year £million 1997–981 50 1998–991 3 1999–20002 13 2000–013, 4 24 2001–023, 4 13 1 Expended 2 Expended (Provisional) 3 Planned (Provisional) 4 The figures for 2000–01 and 2001–02 are provisional and do not include funds for the national extension of NDDP. 5 All figures rounded to nearest £1 million, actual 1997–98 expenditure £0.175 million. Note:
Over £50 million has been allocated to pilot initiatives, including the pilot Personal Adviser Service, Innovative Schemes and evaluation. We are also considering what funds will be allocated for the proposed retention and rehabilitation pilots and the national extension of NDDP.
New Deal for Lone Parents
The New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) aims to help lone parents on Income Support move into work. The following table details the sums expended throughout the planned lifetime of this programme.
£million 1997–981 20 1998–991 22 1999–20001 336 2000–01 4— 2001–02 4— 1 Expended 2 All figures rounded to nearest £1 million, actual 1997–98 expenditure £0.175 million. 3 Provisional 4 The remainder of the national budget, based on current projections, will he spent by the end of 2001–02. Notes:
1. The sum of £182 million has been made available for the NDLP national programme.
2. The cost of implementing the NDLP in eight prototype areas was £8 million, incurred between July 1997 and October 1998.
New Deal for long-term unemployed persons aged 25 plus—12 to 18 months unemployed
This information refers to provision for pilot schemes in 28 different local areas. Of these, 18 are targeted at people who have been unemployed for 18 months or more, with the rest targeted at those who have been unemployed for 12 months or more. The following table details the amounts budgeted or expended on these schemes. 485W
Year £million 1998–991 5 1999–20001 360 2000–012 50 1 Expended 2 Budgeted 3 Provisional Notes:
1. The majority of this funding is from windfall tax receipts. Estimates of the allocation of the windfall tax receipts between programmes are revised and published in each pre-Budget and Budget report. Since the windfall tax receipts are to be spent across lifetime of the Parliament, funds which are unspent in one year are available for spending in subsequent years.
2. Figures supplied by the Department of Education and Employment, who are responsible for this programme.
3. All figures rounded to nearest £1 million.
New Deal for long-term unemployed persons aged 25 plus—two years or more unemployed
This information refers to provision for the national New Deal 25 plus scheme, targeted on those who have been unemployed for two years or more. The following table details the amount budgeted or expended on this programme.
Year £million 1998–991 20 1999–20001 350 2000–012 100 2001–022 350 1 Expended 2 Budgeted 3 Provisional Notes:
1. The majority of this funding is from windfall tax receipts. Estimates of the allocation of the windfall tax receipts between programmes are revised and published in each pre-Budget and Budget report. Since the windfall tax receipts are to be spent across the lifetime of the Parliament, funds which are unspent in one year are available for spending in subsequent years.
2. Figures supplied by Department of Education and Employment, who are responsible for this programme.
3. All figures rounded to nearest £1 million.
ONE Service
ONE pilots have been designed to test the effectiveness of work focused interviews for all working age clients and to develop appropriate models for the integration and improvement of welfare services. The following table details the amounts budgeted and expended in each financial year for the planned lifetime of these pilots.
£ million 1999–2000 Budgeted 33 Expended (provisional) 31 2000–01 Available 41 Profiled (provisional) 36 2001–02 Available 41 Profiled (provisional) 36 Note:
Figures rounded to nearest £1 million.