§ Baroness Greengrossasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people benefited from the New Deal 50-plus in the past three years. [HL2689]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)Between April 2000 and March 2003 98,040 people aged over 50 received the New Deal 50-plus employment credit.
From April 2003, the employment credit was replaced by the 50-plus return to work element of working tax credit. We estimate that around 12,000 people were receiving this element at 5 January 2004.