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New Deal
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what feedback is collected from participants in new deal training programmes. [111230]
Mr. Jim Murphy: As part of the ongoing evaluation of the new deals, participants are asked for their views on all aspects of the programme including their satisfaction with, and experiences of, the training elements of the programme. We also listen to all customer feedback on a continual basis to help improve the service provided to new deal participants.
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) women and (b) men leaving (i) the New Deal for Young People and (ii) the New Deal 25 Plus (A) found a sustained job and (B) moved onto jobseeker’s allowance in each year for which figures are available. [112902]
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) women and (b) men leaving (i) the New Deal for Young People and (ii) the New Deal 25 Plus (A) found a sustained job and (B) moved onto jobseeker’s allowance in each year for which figures are available. [102158]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The information is in the following tables.
| Percentage | ||||
| New deal for young people leavers to: | ||||
| Sustained employment | Jobseeker’s allowance | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Percentage | ||||
| New deal 25-plus leavers to: | ||||
| Sustained employment | Jobseeker’s allowance | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Notes: 1. Years are calendar years. 2. Latest complete year information is to December 2005. 3. A person is defined as leaving new deal for young people and new deal 25-plus to sustained employment if they do not return to claim jobseeker’s allowance within 13 weeks. 4. Information for leavers from new deal 25-plus is only available for April 2001 onwards. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. | ||||
Nightclubs: Noise
Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will carry out an assessment of the damage caused to people's hearing by dangerous high levels of noise in nightclubs. [118426]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department has no plans to do so as the duty to assess the risks of hearing damage from loud noise lies with individual employers, who have a specific duty to do so for workers under the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 as well as a duty of care to members of the public under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
However, the Health and Safety Executive published a review of the literature in 2002 to establish what was known about noise levels and noise exposure to workers in pubs and clubs. This was taken into account at European level during negotiation of the physical agents (noise) directive and in the 2005 report Noise in figures by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
New regulations, the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, will come into force for the music and entertainment sectors on 6 April 2008 and industry representatives are working with HSE to develop practical guidelines on the control of noise in these sectors, including nightclubs.
Parents: Social Security Benefits
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of payments to (a) single parents receiving benefits and (b) single parents in work in each year since 1997; and on what basis the figures are calculated. [119509]
Mr. Plaskitt: The available information is in the tables. Any further breakdown of DWP expenditure for those single parents in work could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
In 1999, working families' tax credits replaced family credit. Information about tax credits is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
| Benefit expenditure on single parents in Great Britain, cash terms | ||||||
| £ million | ||||||
| Outturn | Income support | Widowed parent’s allowance—basic | Widowed parent’s allowance—additional pension | Housing benefit | Council tax benefit | Family credit |
| Benefit expenditure on single parents in Great Britain; real terms( ) (2006-07 prices) | ||||||
| £ million | ||||||
| Outturn | Income support | Widowed parent’s allowance—basic | Widowed parent’s allowance—additional pension | Housing benefit | Council tax benefit | Family credit |
| Notes: 1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest million. 2. All figures are consistent with the 2006 pre-budget report. 3. Expenditure figures exclude single parents who are primarily claiming for another reason, for example who are sick or disabled. 4. Widowed parent's allowance replaced widowed mother's allowance from April 2001. For ease of reference, both are included in the relevant column. 5. Figures do not include child benefit paid to single parents, as the data do not distinguish between parents who are single or part of a couple, unless they also received the lone parent addition, which was not received by all single parents. 6. Benefits with small amounts of expenditure are not included. 7. From the early 1990s, family credit was paid to qualifying families who worked full time, that is at least 16 hours each week. 8. Family credit was replaced by working families' tax credit in October 1999. Source: Figures are based on DWP accounting data combined with statistical data to identify the proportion of expenditure paid to single parents. | ||||||
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