§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Glasgow(a) are unemployed and (b) have found work from the new deal. [21665]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe information is as follows:
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- (a) There are currently 17,992 unemployed claimants in Glasgow, a fall of one-third since 1997.
- (b) The available information is in the table.
Programme Number of people helped into work in the Glasgow Unit of Delivery area1 New deal for young people 6,369 New deal 25 plus 1,071 New deal for lone parents 2,073 New deal 50 plus2 3907 New deal for partners 432 Total 10,452 1Up to the end of September 2001 2Employment credit claims 3At end of October 2001 4At 26 October 2001—Source: Employment Service Labour Market System Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database
The information is not available for the new deal for disabled people.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what(a) record is kept and (b) assessment is made of the destinations of people who leave the new deal for 50-plus for employment. [18056]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownRecords are kept of participants in new deal 50-plus who have entered work with the support of the new deal 50-plus employment credit, broken down by gender, ethnicity, disability and type of employment (full-time, part-time or self-employed). An assessment of the destinations will be covered by the evaluation of the programme.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much public money has been given to each private company in Leicester operating a new deal initiative; [20258]
(2) how much public money has been spent on the new deal in the city of" Leicester. [20257]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe total expenditure on new deal programmes in the Leicestershire unit of delivery since the introduction of new deal in April 1998 until the end of October 2001 is £22,283,937. This includes staffing costs for the Employment Service, programme expenditure and other associated costs.
It is not possible to give details of how much public money is given to individual private companies involved in the programmes, as this would be a breach of commercial confidentiality.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps he is taking to prevent(a) local authorities and (b) monopoly training agencies diverting new deal training budgets from training provision to administrative budgets; [20758]
(2) what action he will take to ensure that the organisations that provide training for new deal trainees receive the bulk of money allocated for the purpose; [20756]
(3) if he will take action to prevent (a) local authorities and (b) other training agencies from top-slicing the individual cash allocation for training each new deal trainee in such a way that the bulk of the budget goes for administration rather than training. [20757]
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§ Nicholas BrownCosts associated with training provision are reflected in the contract price. Payment is made to contractors in line with actual performance in delivering training to agreed standards.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2001,Official Report, column 160W, what proportion of the number of people leaving for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government Departments represents of the (i) total number of people leaving the new deal for the long-term unemployed and (ii) the number of people leaving the new deal for the long-term unemployed for employment. [18040]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.