HC Deb 15 December 1998 vol 322 cc478-9W
Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the monthly expenditure on(a) Gateway provision and (b) other provision for the New Deal for young people by region from January to the end of September. [63276]

Mr. Andrew Smith

[holding answer 14 December 1998]: Expenditure which has been brought to account by the Employment Service since national roll-out of New Deal for Gateway provision is £814,540 and £8.9 million for the New Deal options. This is shown in the table.

Region April May June July August September Total
LSE
Gateway 39 16,851 300,898 179,170 331,267 471,237 1,299,462
Options 15,410 38,591 95,497 178,501 369,935 579,576 1,277,510
Scotland
Gateway 30,090 2,052 55,083 71,018 103,926 106,104 368,273
Options 20,590 31,470 117,646 211,567 237,351 378,654 997,278
Wales
Gateway 20 2,921 11,593 77,960 112,375 93,223 298,092
Options 22,330 61,660 109,598 165,160 201,872 404,428 965,048