§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the full cost of the ONE Programme will be, broken down into different stages, as it is rolled out. [24229]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe ONE pilots look at a new way of delivering services, bringing together the Employment Service, Benefits Agency and local authorities into a single point of contact for clients, while putting work and helping people overcome the obstacles to work at the heart of the benefit system. The 12 pilots are all fully operational and are due to run until 2002ߝ03
Expenditure on ONE for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 was £68 million, including development, implementation and live running costs. Forecast expenditure for 2001–02 is £39 million. £25 million funding has been provisionally allocated for 2002–03
The lessons learned from the ONE pilots are being fed into the development of the Jobcentre Plus Service.