§ Mr. GogginsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people aged 18 to 25 years completed the Gateway Stage of New Deal for each year since the programme was introduced. [140867]
§ Ms JowellThe figures requested are contained in the following table:
Total leavers from Gateway January to March 1998 2,665 April 1998 to March 1999 163,730 April 1999 to March 2000 183,776 April 2000 to March August 2000 70,405 Total 420,576
§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total expenditure to date on the(a) New Deal for Young People, (b) New Deal for the over 25s, (c) New Deal 25-plus pilots and (d) New Deal for the over 50s. [138092]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithI have been asked to reply.
The outturns of Windfall Tax financed expenditure across New Deal Programmes for 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are as set out in table 4.1 a of the 2000 Pre-Budget Report "Building Long-term Prosperity For All", Cm4917.
Between 1998 and 2000, New Deal 18-24 and 25-plus participants also benefited from funding of £140 million and £35 million respectively from within DfEE's DEL, for programmes for which they would otherwise have been eligible.