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New Deal for Partners

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many partners in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have taken part in the New Deal for Partners in each month since January 2005. [318767]

Jim Knight [holding answer 25 February 2010]: The information is in the following yearly table. The numbers are the numbers of people starting in the New Deal for Partners in each month. The figures are available up to November 2009 For the Chesterfield constituency, the figures are shown as Nil throughout, the tables, because of the standard downward roundings used in the Department's monthly data. Annual figures show that 50 people started in the New Deal for Partners in the five years from 2005 to 2009 inclusive.

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Numbers of people starting on New Deal for Partners 2005 to November 2009
	Chesterfield constituency	Derbyshire	England
2005
January	-	10	190
February	-	-	180
March	-	-	220
April	-	-	240
May	-	-	150
June	-	10	150
July	-	-	170
August	-	10	90
September	-	-	180
October	-	10	120
November	-	10	120
December	-	-	80
2006
January	-	-	120
February	-	10	160
March	-	10	200
April	-	10	110
May	-	10	130
June	-	-	150
July	-	-	120
August	-	10	110
September	-	-	130
October	-	-	110
November	-	10	160
December	-	10	150
2007
January	-	10	180
February	-	-	200
March	-	-	240
April	-	-	140
May	-	10	140
June	-	10	180
July	-	10	150
August	-	-	120
September	-	-	150
October	-	10	120
November	-	-	160
December	-	-	80
2008
January	-	10	160
February	-	-	180
March	-	-	120
April	-	-	130
May	-	-	150
June	-	10	150
July	-	-	180
August	-	-	130
September	-	-	190
October	-	-	200
November	-	10	170
December	-	-	70
2009
January	-	-	150
February	-	-	110
March	-	-	170
April	-	-	100
May	-	-	120
June	-	-	110
July	-	10	140
August	-	10	120
September	-	-	140
October	-	-	190
November	-	-	160
Notes: 1. Definitions and Conventions: "-" denotes Nil or negligible. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Westminster Parliamentary Constituency: allocated (post May 2005) using the ONS postcode directory and customer's postcode. 3. The County of Derbyshire includes the local authorities: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, and South Derbyshire. 4. Time series - month of starting: the calendar month of starting New Deal for Partners. The latest data is to November 2009. 5. Spells are not available for New Deal for Partners so individual level data is used instead. This means that only the most recent entry to the New Deal for Partners is included. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate

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