§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made for the New Deal expenditure for over 25-year-olds in 1998–99 and 1999–2000; and if he will estimate the expenditure for 2000–01. [115076]
§ Ms JowellI have been asked to reply.
My Department has spent or allocated the following sums to the New Deal for people aged 25 years and over:
£ million 1998–991 26 1999–20002 90 2000–013 130 1 Outturn 2 Estimated outturn 3 Provisional allocation In addition New Deal for 25 plus clients have access to the Work Based Learning for Adults programme which has an annual budget of £328 million.