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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the publications issued since 1 May 1997 relating to the New Deal, the total cost per publication and the numbers of each publication which have been produced. [96302] Ms Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the then Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities on 3 March 1999, Official Report, column 814. The following table of New Deal publications shows the total cost and number of publications produced since then. The amounts shown include the cost for any updating and reprinting as necessary, and the production of ethnic minority language and Welsh bilingual versions. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Title Copies Cost (£) Publications for employers including: New Deal for Employers 105,000 15,189 Taking Care of the Future (produced in 21,500 7,922 partnership with Daycare Trust) Making the Most of New Deal (produced in 7,500 5,408 partnership with Daycare Trust) Publications for young unemployed aged 18-24 New Deal for Young People aged 18-24 119,500 8,728 New Deal for Musicians 43,000 13,482 Publications for unemployed people aged 25plus A New Start (New Deal for 25plus) 110,000 9,201 Extra Help (New Deal 25plus pilot folder 100,000 651 with insert sheet) Publications that are for other, or multiple, target audiences What is New Deal? 75,000 8,361 Factsheets 6,000 1,086 New Deal Award Entry Forms 33,000 5,123 New Deal Conference Report 10,000 11,566 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The quantities and costs shown are totals including all versions of the publication.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

337 c136-8W;337 c136-7W; 96302

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Costs Publications New deal schemes

Contains statistics

Yes