HC Deb 29 March 1999 vol 328 c522W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to implement the budgetary provision for the £60 per week supplement payable as part of the extension of the New Deal to those aged over 50 years. [78927]

Mrs. Roche

The Employment Credit for people aged over 50, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget on 9 March 1999,Official Report, columns 173–90, will be available in pathfinder areas from October 1999, and nationally in 2000, alongside the New Deal for the over 50s. Further details will be announced in due course.