HC Deb 12 February 2004 vol 417 cc1602-3W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by his Department on the New Deal for Young People in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [153388]

Mr. Browne

The information is in the table.

New Deal for Young People
Financial year Spend (£ million)1
2001–02 308
2002–032 339
1 Includes programme and administrative spend.
2 Estimated outturn.

Note:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest million.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions Departmental Report 2003.

Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by his Department on the New Deal for Disabled People in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [153389]

Mr. Browne

Expenditure on New Deal for Disabled People for 2001–02 was £10 million; for 2002–03, the estimated expenditure was £27 million.

Source:

Departmental report and the DWP Annual Report and Accounts.

Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research has been carried out into the wage levels of New Deal leavers; and if he will make a statement. [153459]

Mr. Browne

Information on the wage levels of New Deal leavers is not collected.

Information on the hourly take home pay of people who had left New Deal for Young People (NDYP) to go into employment was included in a national survey of participants on NDYP in 1999.

The report of this survey (ESR44:March 2001) New Deal for Young People: National Survey of Participants: Stage 1 by Alex Bryson, Genevieve Knight and Michael White of the Policy Studies Institute, is available in the Library.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents are benefiting from the New Deal in(a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley. [154744]

Mr. Browne

By the end of September 2003, 480 lone parents in the Chorley constituency and 6,480 in Lancashire1 had found work through the New Deal for Lone Parents.

New Deal for Lone Parents is just one of a raft of measures that we have introduced to help lone parents gain independence through moving into work. These measures have together helped to reduce the number of lone parents on income support by over 16 per cent. since May 1997. 1Figures are East Lancashire and West Lancashire Jobcentre Plus Districts.