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Expenditure on new deal for disabled people broken down by nation and Government office region
£million
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Midlands	0.057	0.135	0.001	0.001	0.002
East of England	0.079	0.194	0.081	0.035	0.007
London	0.123	0.246	0.008	0.006	0.013
North East	0.373	0.605	0.239	0.425	0.367
North West	0.234	0.307	0.184	0.100	0.004
Scotland	0.408	0.727	0.283	0.232	0.386
Wales	1.039	1.507	0.835	0.865	1.139
South East	0.046	0.099	0.007	0.003	0.005
South West	0.396	0.486	0.131	0.143	0.036
West Midlands	0.346	0.698	0.508	0.412	0.008
Yorkshire and Humber	0.033	0.083	0.005	0.005	0.005
Non regional/national level	25.320	59.677	66.115	70.754	76.476
Total	28.452	64.764	68.397	72.981	78.448
Notes: 1. New deal for disabled people started in 2001. 2. Expenditure figures exclude admin. costs as they cannot be identified since 2002-03 when ringfences were removed with agreement from HM Treasury. 3. All the above figures are confirmed spend and are quoted in cash terms. 4. The source of the above data is from the DWP financial systems. The new deal for disabled people totals agree to the departmental report.

New Deal for Lone Parents

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what employment programmes lone parents with children under the age of 12 years will be eligible to take part in once the flexible new deal has been implemented nationally and employment zone contracts have ended; and if he will make a statement. [238216]

Kitty Ussher: All lone parents will have voluntary access to new deal for lone parents from the start of their jobseeker’s allowance claim. After six months, the full range of new deal for lone parents help will be available to all lone parents as part of the Supported Jobsearch. Those lone parents who reach 12 months on jobseeker’s allowance will switch to flexible new deal provision.

The flexible new deal is contracted, personalised provision. Providers will ensure that job-search support is tailored to the specific needs of lone parents and address related barriers to employment.

However, we expect the large majority of all jobseekers to have left jobseeker’s allowance within the first 12
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months, before entering the flexible new deal. The reformed jobseeker’s allowance from next April will contain escalating support and conditionality which is designed to encourage all jobseekers to seek sustained work actively, including help with skills needs and practical help with job search.

New Deal for Musicians

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of claimants on New Deal for Musicians Programme entered immediately into sustainable employment in each month since establishment, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement. [231079]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available. New deal for musicians is delivered as part of the mainstream new deal for young people and new deal 25-plus programmes; job outcomes for new deal for musicians are now incorporated into statistics for these mainstream programmes.

New Deal for Partners

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (1)
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leavers from the New Deal for Partners Programme entered immediately into sustainable employment, in each month since May 2007, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement; [230531]

(2) claimants on New Deal for Partners Programme entered immediately into sustainable employment in each month since May 2007, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement. [231080]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available.

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual cost of the New Deal for Partners Programme was in each year since establishment, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement. [231083]

Mr. McNulty: Due to the re-organisation of Jobcentre Plus over the past five years it is not possible to provide comparable data at district level. The available information is in the table.

Expenditure on new deal for partners broken down by nation and Government office region
£million
	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
East Midlands	0.000	0.000	0.031	0.271	0.018
East of England	0.000	0.001	0.077	0.081	0.054
London	0.000	0.001	0.082	0.178	0.015
North East	0.000	0.001	0.046	0.036	0.003
North West	0.000	0.000	0.039	0.026	0.028
Scotland	0.000	0.001	0.042	0.039	0.014
Wales	0.000	0.000	0.035	0.015	0.005
South East	0.000	0.003	0.035	0.081	0.032
South West	0.000	0.001	0.039	0.023	0.004
West Midlands	0.000	0.000	0.060	0.076	0.003
Yorkshire and Humber	0.000	0.002	0.012	0.007	0.002
Non regional/national level	0.000	0.175	0.560	1.017	0.002
Total	0.000	0.185	1.058	1.850	0.180

Expenditure on new deal for partners broken down by nation and Government office region
£million
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Midlands	0.005	0.032	0.031	0.026	0.017
East of England	0.005	0.019	0.035	0.010	0.032
London	0.203	0.142	0.140	0.037	0.059
North East	0.004	0.047	0.054	0.179	0.060
North West	0.017	0.072	0.065	0.023	0.032
Scotland	0.008	0.055	0.004	0.219	0.017
Wales	0.009	0.033	0.031	0.023	0.015
South East	0.002	0.027	0.077	0.032	0.007
South West	0.006	0.051	0.049	0.009	0.010
West Midlands	0.005	0.038	0.029	0.011	0.012
Yorkshire and Humber	0.006	0.035	0.087	0.030	0.073
Non regional/national level	0.000	-0.002	0.088	0.015	0.020
Total	0.269	0.549	0.690	0.613	0.354
Notes: 1. New deal for partners started in 1999 and was re-launched in 2004. 2. Expenditure figures exclude administration costs as they cannot be identified since 2002-03 when ringfences were removed with agreement from HM Treasury. 3. All the above figures are confirmed spend and are quoted in cash terms. 4. Where negative figures are shown against non regional/national level spend, this reflects minor accounting adjustments made as a result of audit, which are credited at national rather than regional level. 5. The source of the above data is from the DWP financial systems. The new deal for partners totals agree to the departmental report.

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