§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal for Communities since 1998 in(a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands on(i) Reducing crime, (ii) creating jobs and (iii) raising standards in education. [141434]
§ Yvette CooperI have been asked to reply.
There are no New Deal for Communities (NDC) Partnerships in West Derbyshire so there is no direct benefit to West Derbyshire from New Deal for Communities programme.
In the East Midlands, there are three NDC Partnerships, in Leicester (Braunstone), Derby (Derwent) and Nottingham (Radford and Hyson Green).
The NDC programme is scrutinised and reviewed using two, complementary and linked streams of work:
a performance management system, which drives annual and mid-year reviews, lead by the Government Offices for the Regionsthe NDC National Evaluation, providing external assessment at partnership, programme and theme level, lead by Sheffield Hallam University.The performance management system was introduced in 2003 and used for the first time for the 2002–03 annual reviews. Partnerships reviewed their own performance and the results that they are starting to achieve.
The evidence provided in these reviews by the NDC Partnerships show that Partnerships in the East Midlands are beginning to make an impact in reducing crime, creating jobs and raising standards in education. For example:
In Nottingham the NDC has recruited and trained local residents to act as teaching assistants;In the Derby NDC area, GCSE results are up 30 per cent. in the first two years of the programme;In Braunstone, Leicester, unemployment has fallen from 12.6 per cent. to 8.5 per cent.;Nottingham NDC's achievements on reducing crime include target hardening, street lighting, extra policing and Neighbourhood Wardens;In the Braunstone area of Leicester, Burglary has fallen by 20 per cent. and vehicle crime by 16 per cent.Data from the national NDC evaluation about the progress NDC Partnerships are making towards achieving their outcome targets are now beginning to come through. An overview of the latest position was recently published in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Research Report 7 "New Deal for Communities: The National Evaluation: Annual Report 2002/03". Copies are available in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proposals he has to(a) continue and (b) develop New Deal for Communities schemes in (i) West Derbyshire and (ii) the East Midlands. [141435]
§ Yvette CooperI have been asked reply.
325WThere are no New Deal for Communities (NDC) schemes in West Derbyshire. There are no plans to develop any NDC schemes in West Derbyshire.
In the East Midlands, there are three NDC schemes, in Leicester (Braunstone), Derby (Derwent) and Nottingham (Radford and Hyson Green). The Leicester programme is scheduled to complete in seven years (in 2006–07), the Nottingham programme is scheduled to run over 10 years and will continue until 2009/10 and the Derby Partnership, also over 10 years, until 2010–11. There are no plans to develop any further rounds of NDC.
§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the(a) schemes and (b) funding made available to West Derbyshire since 1998 under the New Deal for Communities. [141436]
§ Yvette CooperI have been asked to reply.
There are no New Deal for Communities (NDC) schemes in the West Derbyshire district and so no funding has been made available in the area under the NDC scheme.