§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the planned cost of(a) the subsidised employment option, (b) the full-time education and training option, (c) the voluntary sector option and (d) the environmental task force option of the New Deal for the Young Unemployed per placement for the duration of each option; and if he will make a statement. [41392]
§ Mr. Andrew Smith[holding answer 13 May 1998]: Within the New Deal for 18–24 year olds, our planning assumptions are that the average cost of Employment Option places will be just over £2,000; and the average cost of a place in each of the other 3 options, including New Deal allowances, will be about £4,000.