§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the projected average cost of obtaining for a person currently on Incapacity Benefit a sustainable job with the New Deal for Disabled People involving the use of a job broker; and what the average cost is per job of placements under other New Deal programmes. [147735]
§ Ms Hodge[holding answer 30 January 2001]: We have yet to see what the costs per job will be in practice in the national extension of the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP).
New Deal is about giving the individual help each person needs to become employable, find a job and keep a job in the future. Some people will need more help than others and so the cost for each person will also vary. Simply calculating or comparing the cost per job alone cannot measure its success.
The information for the other New Deals is set out in the table:
New Deal Average cost per job (£) Young people Less than 4,000 25+ Less than 3,500 Lone parents 11,388 Partners 2, 3— 50+ 2, 4— 1 Independent evaluation of the first phase of the New Deal for Lone parents found that the cost per participant moving into work was £1,388. 2 Not available 3 The New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People is a relatively new programme. Independent evaluation is being carried out and we will be looking at unit costs. 4 Detailed information to calculate the actual cost per job for people returning to work through New Deal 50 plus is not yet available.