HC Deb 18 April 2002 vol 383 cc1114-5W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently(a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits. [44902]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

Information on the destinations of people entering the New Deal for Young People in all of the Department and its agencies is not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under(a) the new deal for young people, (b) the new deal for the over 50s and (c) the new deal for lone parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds. [44922]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001. Figures before that date are for the former Department of Social Security and the Employment Service.

Such information as is available is as follows.

Information follows on the number of people who have started on the new deal for young people in the Department and its agencies.

People who have started on the new deal for young people
Number
1998–99 347
1999–2000 207
2000–01 158
2001–021 22
1 Up to October 2001

Note:

These figures show people who have joined the Department on the new deal fixed term appointment (NDFTA) programme. They include some people recruited from the new deal for lone parents who also join the NDFTA on entering the Department. These cannot be identified separately.

The Department has also taken on 2,875 new deal jobseekers under its normal recruitment processes. This figure includes people who have been on the new deal for young people and new deal 25 plus and cannot be broken down. People recruited by the Department under the new deal 50 plus cannot be identified separately from new deal 25 plus recruits.New deal recruits take up existing vacancies so extra costs are limited to the subsidy, where appropriate, and any additional training and development which may be needed. The cost of the latter cannot be readily identified. The subsidy cost is approximately £1.3 million.

Mark Tami

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals in(a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) Delyn have benefited from the New Deal. [48917]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The available information is in the table.

Total number of people entering jobs (up to the end of January 2002)
Programme Alyn and Deeside Delyn
New Deal for Young People 484 359
New Deal 25 plus 111 96
New Deal for Lone Parents 250 218
New Deal 50 plus 93 106

Source:

New Deal Evaluation Database

Information at constituency level is not available for the New Deal for Disabled People and the New Deal for Partners.

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