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New Deal for Young People: Standards

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the interim results of the outcome-related funding pilots currently running in the New Deal for Young People contracts in (a) Kent, (b) the Black Country and (c) Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [150854]

Caroline Flint: The requested information is not available.

New Deal Schemes

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people leaving (a) the new deal scheme, (b) the new deal for lone parents scheme and (c) the new deal 25 plus scheme claimed benefits within a year of leaving the scheme in each year since 1998. [150062]

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Caroline Flint: The information is in the following table.

Percentage of new deal leavers who recommenced claiming benefits within 12 months of leaving the programme
Percentage
	All new deals	New deal for lone parents	New deal 25 plus
1998	35	19	30
1999	39	19	33
2000	40	19	35
2001	39	19	35
2002	38	21	37
2003	36	20	37
2004	34	19	38
2005	32	19	36
Notes: 1. Latest data are to November 2006, therefore, allowing for a 12-month gap, only new deal leavers to November 2005 are included. 2. The benefits included are bereavement benefit, incapacity benefit, invalid care allowance, income support, jobseeker's allowance, severe disablement allowance and widow’s benefit. 3. A benefit claim has only been included if it is a new claim after leaving the new deal spell. People can leave new deal and continue a benefit claim; these people are not included as recommencing a claim to benefit. Source: Information Directorate, DWP

New Deal Schemes: Standards

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has compared the relative performances in returning numbers of people to work of the New Deal self-employment programme and other employment programmes; whether there are any plans to expand the New Deal programme; and if he will make a statement. [153706]

Mr. Plaskitt: I refer my hon. Friend to the written answer given to my hon. Friends the Members for City of Durham (Dr. Blackman-Woods) and for Carlisle (Mr. Martlew) on 23 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1184-86W.

We have laid out our plans for the future of new deal in our Green Paper “In Work, better off: next steps to full employment” which was published on 18 July and which is available in the Library.

New Deal Schemes: Training

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people participated in new deal training in each of the last 36 months. [152619]

Mr. Plaskitt: Information is only available for training undertaken through new deal for young people and new deal 25 plus.

The available information is in the following table.

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New deal training participants
Month of participation	New deal for young people	New deal 25 plus	Total
December 2003	9,660	6,490	16,150
January 2004	9,600	6,620	16,220
February 2004	9,690	6,670	16,360
March 2004	9,550	6,630	16,180
April 2004	9,270	6,390	15,660
May 2004	9,230	6,320	15,550
June 2004	9,170	6,350	15,520
July 2004	8,990	6,300	15,290
August 2004	8,690	6,270	14,960
September 2004	8,910	6,350	15,260
October 2004	8,970	6,550	15,520
November 2004	9,000	6,620	15,620
December 2004	8,660	6,330	14,990
January 2005	8,830	6,430	15,260
February 2005	9,150	6,760	15,910
March 2005	9,100	6,760	15,860
April 2005	8,720	6,500	15,220
May 2005	8,490	6,040	14,530
June 2005	8,120	5,800	13,920
July 2005	7,620	5,370	12,990
August 2005	7,130	4,990	12,120
September 2005	6,740	4,610	11,350
October 2005	6,300	4,460	10,760
November 2005	6,280	4,390	10,670
December 2005	6,270	4,230	10,500
January 2006	6,310	4,290	10,600
February 2006	6,640	4,480	11,120
March 2006	6,780	4,660	11,440
April 2006	6,850	4,610	11,460
May 2006	6,800	4,350	11,150
June 2006	7,170	4,310	11,480
July 2006	6,940	3,840	10,780
August 2006	7,670	4,010	11,680
September 2006	8,340	4,240	12,580
October 2006	8,800	4,940	13,740
November 2006	9,090	5,410	14,500
Notes: 1. New deal for young people figures include all those participating in the full-time education and training option. 2. New deal 25 plus figures include all those participating in the intensive activity period (IAP) basic employability training/basic skills, IAP education and training opportunity or IAP training. 3. A person participating for more than one month will be included in the table for each month that they are participating. 4. Latest data are to November 2006. 5. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions

New Deal Schemes: York

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in City of York constituency have found work through each of the Government's new deal programmes since their introduction. [151630]

Caroline Flint: The available information is in the following table.

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New deal in the City of York
Programme	Individuals into jobs
New deal for young people	1,080
New deal 25 plus	500
New deal for lone parents	1,050
New deal 50 plus	280
New deal for partners	—
Total	2,910
Notes: 1. New deal for disabled people data are not available at constituency level. 2. New deal for partners data are five or less. 3. Data are rounded to the nearest 10. 4. Latest data are to the end of November 2006. 5. New deal 50 plus data include all employment credit starts up to March 2003, and all individuals into employment from April 2003. Some individuals may be counted more than once in these figures. 6. Programme start dates are: new deal for young people: January 1998; new deal 25 plus: July 1998; new deal for lone parents: October 1998; new deal 50 plus: April 2000; new deal for partners: May 1999. Source: Information Directorate, DWP, 2007

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