HC Deb 30 March 2000 vol 347 c210W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made for the New Deal expenditure for over 25-year-olds in 1998–99 and 1999–2000; and if he will estimate the expenditure for 2000–01. [115076]

Ms Jowell

I have been asked to reply.

My Department has spent or allocated the following sums to the New Deal for people aged 25 years and over:

£ million
1998–991 26
1999–20002 90
2000–013 130
1 Outturn
2 Estimated outturn
3 Provisional allocation

In addition New Deal for 25 plus clients have access to the Work Based Learning for Adults programme which has an annual budget of £328 million.