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Lone Parents

Mr. Fisher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his estimate is of the number of lone parents in Stoke-on-Trent in each of the past three years; [210959]

(2) what the total expenditure on the New Deal for Lone Parents in Stoke-on-Trent has been in each year that the scheme has been in operation; [210960]

(3) what proportion of lone parents in Stoke-on-Trent have successfully applied for payments under the New Deal for Lone Parents in each year that the scheme has been in operation. [210961]

Jane Kennedy: Information on New Deal expenditure is only available at national level. The latest available information on the number of lone parents in Stoke-on-Trent is taken from the 2001 census. Out of 103,196 households in Stoke-on-Trent, 7.7 per cent. were lone parent households with dependant children.

The available information relating to lone parents in Stoke-on-Trent who have received a New Deal for Lone Parents related payment is in the table.
Number of people on New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) in Stoke-on-Trent who have received a NDLP related payment

October-September	Total number of people starting NDLP	Of which, recorded as receiving an NDLP related payment
1998–99	310	20
1999–2000	390	10
2000–01	400	30
2001–02	510	20
2002–03	540	10
2003–04	580	0
Total	2,730	90

Notes:
1.Figures include information for the three Stoke-on-Trent parliamentary constituencies (Stoke-on-Trent, North, Stoke-on-Trent, Central and Stoke-on-Trent, South).
2.Payments include training premium payments, childcare subsidy and child care costs and course fee and equipment payments.
3.Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database

New Deal

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of clients of the new deal programmes have left to go into employment, broken down by region; and what proportion of those who do so are still in work or have not returned to the claimant register (a) three months later, (b) six months later and (c) a year later, broken down by region. [210946]

Jane Kennedy [holding answer 25 January 2005]: Information is not available on the length of time individuals have spent in jobs gained through new deal.

Available information on the proportion of new deal participants not claiming a working age benefit after gaining a job is in the following tables.
 
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New deal for young people

	Leavers	Of which, to employment		Proportion of those leaving to employment who have not claimed a subsequent working age benefit within the stated periods (percentage)
Jobcentre plus region	Number	Number	Proportion (percentage)	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Scotland	82,660	31,020	38	89	70	54
North East	55,400	21,820	39	91	74	58
North West	100,160	38,650	39	90	74	59
Yorkshire and Humber	79,300	30,860	39	91	75	60
Wales	44,380	18,390	41	89	72	58
West Midlands	78,170	26,900	34	91	76	61
East Midlands	43,970	17,510	40	91	74	60
East of England	35,440	14,600	41	91	76	63
South East	40,750	16,500	40	91	76	63
London	107,040	33,340	31	93	80	67
South West	38,650	17,330	45	91	76	63
Great Britain	705,990	266,960	38	91	75	61

New deal 25 plus

	Leavers	Of which, to employment		Proportion of those leaving to employment who have not claimed a subsequent working age benefit within the stated periods (percentage)
Jobcentre plus region	Number	Number	Proportion (percentage)	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Scotland	51,080	8,530	17	85	67	52
North East	35,230	5,600	16	86	70	55
North West	56,040	10,100	18	85	70	55
Yorkshire and Humber	49,330	8,500	17	87	71	57
Wales	22,440	3,800	17	85	69	55
West Midlands	45,750	7,920	17	87	72	58
East Midlands	27,820	4,950	18	86	70	57
East of England	26,050	5,480	21	86	72	60
South East	31,700	6,540	21	87	72	60
London	87,320	15,160	17	88	76	63
South West	23,310	5,370	23	87	73	60
Great Britain	458,180	82,430	18	86	72	58

New deal for lone parents

	Leavers	Of which, to employment		Proportion of those leaving to employment who have not claimed a subsequent working age benefit within the stated periods (percentage)
Jobcentre plus region	Number	Number	Proportion (percentage)	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Scotland	39,580	21,440	54	90	80	69
North East	23,510	13,070	56	91	79	70
North West	56,930	30,010	53	92	82	73
Yorkshire and Humber	38,080	21,750	57	92	82	73
Wales	24,480	14,210	58	91	81	72
West Midlands	34,840	17,580	50	92	83	74
East Midlands	22,330	12,440	56	93	84	75
East of England	24,080	12,880	54	93	85	77
South East	38,630	19,610	51	93	85	77
London	46,560	18,440	40	93	86	78
South West	32,040	17,940	56	93	85	76
Great Britain	381,150	199,440	52	92	83	74

New deal for disabled people

	Gained a job	Proportion of those gaining a job who have not claimed a subsequent working age benefit within the stated periods (percentage)
Jobcentre plus region	Number	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Scotland	1,540	86	78	66
North East	1,910	83	76	65
North West	1,930	86	79	70
Yorkshire and Humber	650	92	85	76
Wales	2,660	87	78	69
West Midlands	680	89	84	75
East Midlands	810	88	83	73
East of England	580	90	85	77
South East	840	90	85	76
London	860	86	79	71
South West	2,260	88	81	72
Great Britain	14,830	87	80	70

 
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New deal 50 plus

Jobcentre plus region	Received new deal 50 plus employment credit: April 2000 to March 2003	Recorded job entries April 2003 to October 2004
Scotland	12,180	5,430
North East	6,360	2,340
North West	12,710	4,600
Yorkshire and Humber	10,660	4,000
Wales	7,290	2,400
West Midlands	9,940	4,000
East Midlands	7,290	2,130
East of England	6,880	2,480
South East	7,740	2,790
London	7,750	3,840
South West	9,180	2,810
Great Britain	98,040	37,410

New deal for partners

Jobcentre plus region	Gaining a job
Scotland	60
North East	20
North West	50
Yorkshire and Humber	40
Wales	30
West Midlands	30
East Midlands	20
East of England	20
South East	30
London	40
South West	40
Great Britain	1,870

Notes:
1.Information for new deal for young people, new deal 25 plus and new deal for lone parents covers leavers from these programmes between July 1999 to March 2003.
2.Information for new deal for disabled people relates to people gaining a job and is from the start of the programme in July 2001 to March 2003.
Information is not available on numbers leaving the programme.
3.Information is not available on the length of time new deal 50 plus leavers have not claimed a benefit. Information provided is on those gaining a job and receiving the new deal 50 plus employment credit up to March 2003, and recorded job entries from April 2003 to October 2004.
4.Information is not available on the length of time new deal for partners leavers have not claimed a benefit. National information for new deal for partners (on jobs gained) is for the period May 1999 (start of the programme) to March 2004. A regional breakdown is only available for the period April 2002 to March 2004.
5.Information is taken from the DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study which contains all benefit claims that can be linked to the records on the New Deal Evaluation Database. These records currently cover the period July 1999 to March 2004.
6.The period July 1999 to March 2003 has been used for information provided on leavers from new deal for young people, new deal 25 plus and new deal for lone parents, and people gaining a job through new deal for disabled people, to allow a full 12 month period to elapse before subsequent benefit claims.
7.The proportion not claiming a subsequent benefit does not include people who continued an existing benefit claim which started before the start of the job and continued after the job start.
8.The working age benefits referred to are: jobseeker's allowance, income support, incapacity benefit, severe disability allowance, invalid carer's allowance, bereavement benefit, and widow's/widower's benefit.
9.All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DWP Information and Analysis Directorate.





 
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