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New deal for lone parents, participants in year
		Number of people who have participated
	Total participants	Twice	Three times	Four times	Five times	Six times	Seven times	Eight times
1998	15,980	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	105,800	5,000	130	0	0	0	0	0
2000	116,020	13,590	1,020	50	0	0	0	0
2001	121,390	20,070	2,940	320	20	0	0	0
2002	151,610	33,380	7,060	1,180	190	20	0	0
2003	163,130	39,080	11,220	2,620	560	100	10	10
2004	180,460	46,390	15,820	4,740	1,280	320	80	30
2005	165,800	45,100	17,840	6,390	1,980	610	170	40

New deal for partners, participants in year
	Total participants	Twice
2004	1,980	0
2005	3,540	40

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New deal for disabled people, participants in year
		Number of people who have participated
	Total participants	Twice	Three times	Four times	Five times	Six times
2001	7,370	180	20	10	0	0
2002	35,640	1,430	110	20	0	0
2003	60,600	3,420	450	70	10	0
2004	100,040	7,330	880	130	20	0
2005	135,760	11,400	1,580	300	60	10

New deal 50-plus, participants in year
	Number of people who have participated
	Total participants	Twice	Three times
2004	37,170	140	0
2005	54,130	710	10
Notes: 1. Latest complete calendar year data is to December 2005. 2. New deal for 25-plus data for 1998 relate to July to December. 3. New deal for lone parents data for 1998 relate to October to December. 4. New deal for partners data are only available from 2004 and for that year is for April to December. 5. New deal for disabled people data for 2001 relate to July to December. 6. New deal 50-plus data are only available from 2004. 7. People are included as participating in a particular year if they are recorded as participating at any point in that year. People participating on the programme in more than one year are included in the table in each relevant year. 8. Components may not sum to total due to rounding.

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) men and (b) women leaving (i) the New Deal for Young People and (ii) New Deal 25 Plus (A) found a sustained job, (B) returned to out-of-work benefit immediately on leaving the programme and (C) returned to out-of-work benefit within 12 months, in each year since each programme was established. [106010]

Mr. Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following tables.

New deal for young people
	Immediate destination( 1) on leaving new deal for young people
	Percentage of leavers to sustained employment( 2)	Percentage of leavers to employment and benefits( 3)	Percentage of leavers to out-of work benefits( 4)	Percentage returning to claim out-of-work benefits( 4) within 12 months of leaving the programme( 5)
Men
1998	53	3	10	38
1999	46	5	22	53
2000	44	4	24	55
2001	42	3	23	56
2002	41	3	22	55
2003	41	3	22	53
2004	39	3	21	52
2005	35	2	24	—
Women
1998	46	2	16	31
1999	42	5	28	42
2000	41	4	30	43
2001	40	3	29	45
2002	38	3	30	46
2003	38	3	30	45
2004	37	3	29	43
2005	34	2	30	—

New deal 25 plus
	Immediate destination( 1) on leaving new deal 25 plus
	Percentage of leavers to sustained employment( 2)	Percentage of leavers to employment and benefits( 3)	Percentage of leavers to out-of work benefits( 4)	Percentage returning to claim out-of work benefits( 4 ) within 12 months of leaving the programme( 5)
Men
1998	—	—	—	30
1999	—	—	—	33
2000	—	—	—	35
2001	32	2	39	37
2002	28	2	47	37
2003	27	2	48	38
2004	31	3	43	39
2005	28	2	45	—
Women
1998	—	—	—	30
1999	—	—	—	32
2000	—	—	—	33
2001	30	8	42	32
2002	26	1	48	34
2003	25	1	48	32
2004	29	10	44	32
2005	27	10	46	—
(1) An immediate destination is defined as within two weeks of leaving new deal. For new deal 25 plus, this information is only available from April 2001 onwards. (2) Sustained employment is defined as not returning to claim jobseeker’s allowance for 13 weeks after leaving new deal for young people or new deal 25 plus to a job. (3) Includes people who gain a job which lasts beyond 13 weeks but who are also claiming a benefit during, or for part of that period. (4) Includes jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit and income support. (5) Data are up to December 2004 to allow for a 12 month gap from leaving the programme. Note: All data are for complete calendar years apart from 1998 which, for new deal 25 plus, are from July when the programme started. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate

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