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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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