Written Question · S2W-06429 · Session 2
What the most up-to-date figures are for the number of people on each New Deal.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most up-to-date figures are for the number of people on each New Deal.
The answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing organisations.
Number of People Participating in New Deal Programmes in Scotland to end December 2003
New Deal Programme
| Number of Participants
New Deal for Young People
| 9,750
New Deal 25 Plus Enhanced Programme
| 5,900
New Deal for Lone Parents
| 10,600
Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Department for Work and Pensions
Further information, including the publication of the quarterly New Deal for Unemployed People in Scotland Statistics, can be found on the Scottish Executive New Deal website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/ELLD/EI/00015648/New_Deal_Intro.aspx.
Number of People Participating in New Deal Programmes in Scotland to end December 2003
New Deal Programme
| Number of Participants
New Deal for Young People
| 9,750
New Deal 25 Plus Enhanced Programme
| 5,900
New Deal for Lone Parents
| 10,600
Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Department for Work and Pensions
Further information, including the publication of the quarterly New Deal for Unemployed People in Scotland Statistics, can be found on the Scottish Executive New Deal website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/ELLD/EI/00015648/New_Deal_Intro.aspx.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-06429 by reference.