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New Deal
Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many lone parents (a) were referred to and (b) accessed training after participating in the new deal for lone parents in each month between January 2004 and October 2005; [35285]
(2) what the average value was of awards made from the Advisers Discretionary Fund to lone parents participating in the new deal for lone parents in each month between January 2004 and October 2005; [35286]
(3) how many lone parents entered employment after participation in the new deal for lone parents in each month between January 2004 and October 2005; and how many Advisers Discretionary Fund Awards were made to lone parents participating in the new deal for lone parents in each month between January 2004 and October 2005. [35287]
Margaret Hodge [holding answers 6 December 2005]: New deal for lone parents (NDLP) is a voluntary programme which is available to lone parents who are not working, or working less than 16 hours a week. New deal personal advisers provide offer lone parents advice with job seeking, training, in-work benefits and childcare, and the programme has already been successful in helping more than 410,000 lone parents into work.
The available information on the number of lone parents undertaking training through new deal for lone parents in each month from January 2004 is in the table.
Notes:
1. Information on the number of lone parents referred to training through new deal for lone parents is not available.
2. Latest data is to August 2005.
3. Data is rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Information Directorate, DWP
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A total of 180,287 Adviser Discretion Fund awards averaging £99.26 were made to participants on new deal for lone parents between January 2004 and October 2005.
Information broken down by each month is in the table.
Notes:
1. It is possible for participants on new deal for lone parents to receive more than one award from the Adviser Discretion Fund.
2. The amount of Adviser Discretion Fund available to a customer within a 12 month period was reduced from £300 to £100 from 9 May 2005.
Source:
DWP Welfare to Work Change Division.
The available information on the number of lone parents entering work through new deal for lone parents in each month from January 2004 is in the table.
Notes:
1. Figures are for individuals into work.
2. Data is only available to May 2005.
3. All figures are rounded to nearest 10.
Source:
Information Directorate, DWP
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Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people registered for the new deal in Beverley and Holderness in each of the last five years. [39586]
Margaret Hodge: The available information is in the table.
| Period | Individual starts |
|---|---|
| April 2000 to March 2001 | 320 |
| April 2001 to March 2002 | 350 |
| April 2002 to March 2003 | 450 |
| April 2003 to March 2004 | 440 |
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 560 |
Notes:
1. Information does not include starts to the new deal for disabled people programme, which is not available at constituency level.
2. Information is not available at constituency level broken down by year for new deal 50 plus prior to January 2004.
3. Information is only available at constituency level for new deal for partners from April 2004.
4. Data is rounded to nearest 10.
Source:
Information Directorate, DWP
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Outsourced Programmes
Sir Malcolm Rifkind: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the administration costs are for each outsourced employment programme; and what percentage of total expenditure on the programme this represents in each case. [27867]
Margaret Hodge: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. She will write to the right hon. and learned Member.
Letter from Leslie Strathie, dated 10 January 2006:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question concerning the administration cost for each outsourced employment programme, and what percentage this represents of the total expenditure for each programme. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
Notes:
1. Figures are from the start of the programme to 2003–04.
2. The administrative expenditure figures include the costs attributable to personnel adviser salaries and staff costs. In 2003–04 approximately 5,500 personnel advisers were employed on New Deal and Action Team activities. Other administrative expenditure includes the cost of developing the programmes and support functions.
Pensioners
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) single men, (b) single women and (c) couples aged 75 years or over would (i) be floated off pension credit, (ii) remain in receipt of guarantee credit and (iii) become eligible for savings credit were a full basic state pension to be made payable to them in (A) 2005–06, (B) 2010, (C) 2020, (D) 2030, (E) 2040 and (F) 2050. [35373]
Mr. Timms: The information is in the table.
Notes:
1. Projections for numbers in all the tables have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and for proportions to the nearest 5 per cent. They are subject to a wide margin of error and should be used as broad indications only.
2. These estimates are based on a long term version of the Department's Policy Simulation Model, which uses Family Resources Survey data for 2003–04 projected forward into the future to estimate the extent of eligibility for each pensioner household on the survey.
3. A dash in the data represents numbers that are negligible.
4. Couples include those with at least one member aged 75 or over.
5. The proportions floated off pension credit are in relation to those who are projected to be in receipt of pension credit if the change in BSP had not occurred.
6. The proportions that remain in receipt of guarantee credit are in relation to those who are projected to be in receipt of guarantee credit if the change in BSP had not occurred.
7. The proportions that become eligible for savings credit are in relation to those who are projected to be in receipt of guarantee credit only, if the change in BSP had not occurred.
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