How many people have benefited from the New Deal in each year since 1999 in (a) West Dunbartonshire, (b) Argyll and Bute and (c) the Dumbar…

Table 1 provides informationon the number of individuals who started a New Deal programme broken down by typeof programme for West Dunbartonshire in each year since 1999. Tables 2 and 3 provide the sameinformation for Argyll and Bute and Dumbarton Scottish Parliamentary Constituency.
Data on New Deal for DisabledPeople are not available by detailed geography so data on this programme are notincluded in the tables.
Table 1 Number ofIndividuals Starting New Deal programmes by Type of Programme, West Dunbartonshire, 1999-2005

| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005

New Deal for Young People (NDYP)
| 330
| 360
| 350
| 380
| 350
| 490
| 490

New Deal 25plus (ND25+)
| 190
| 220
| 400
| 400
| 370
| 390
| 340

New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP)
| 130
| 130
| 120
| 240
| 310
| 370
| 500

New Deal 50plus (ND50+)
| N/A
| N/Av
| N/Av
| N/Av
| N/Av
| 130
| 40

New Deal for Partners (NDP)
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|
-
|
-

Source: Department for Work andPensions, Information Directorate
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to thenearest 10.
2. Individuals are placed inthe year in which they first started the programme.
“N/A” Not Applicable, “N/Av”Not Available, “-” nil or negligible.
Table 2 Number of IndividualsStarting New Deal Programmes by Type of Programme, Argyll and Bute, 1999-2005