HC Deb 22 July 1999 vol 335 cc651-2W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average cost of(a) a place in a maintained school in the secondary sector and (b) a place in a maintained school in the secondary sector to age 13 years according to the most recent figures. [91672]

Mr. Andrew Smith

We will be giving extra help to carers receiving Invalid Care Allowance and widows and widowers receiving the proposed new Bereavement Allowance and Widowed Parent's Allowance by opening up access to the New Deal 50-plus. I expect this to be in place from the autumn of this year.

Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the work done to date by the Training Standards Council to establish a system for evaluation of local partnerships for New Deal. [92311]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The Training Standards Council published in June "Partners for Quality", a framework developed specifically for the inspection of education and training provision within the New Deal for Young People Options. The inspection programme starts in October 1999.

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