HC Deb 14 December 2000 vol 359 c239W
Mr. Gareth Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the impact of the New Deal for over 50's in Wales. [142376]

Mr. Hanson

The New Deal for 50 Plus operated on a Pathfinder basis in Flintshire and Wrexham from October 1999. It went nationwide in April this year.

I am pleased to be able to report that, up to the end of November, 1,200 people in Wales had secured jobs through the programme.