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Maintenance Collected or Arranged and Children benefiting from maintenance: 1997 to 2008
Jarrow South Tyneside North East Great Britain

 Money (£000) Children Money (£000) Children Money (£000) Children Money (£000) Children

1996/97

786

500

1,479

900

21,000

19,200

213,000

324,700

1997/98

817

600

1,753

1,200

25,000

24,200

306,000

394,700

1998/99

1,150

900

2,143

1,500

32,000

30,100

393,000

470,900

1999/2000

1,416

1,100

2,469

1,900

38,000

34,400

461,000

534,100

2000/01

1,490

600

2,623

1,500

43,000

35,300

503,000

543,300

2001/02

1,441

900

2,731

2,000

45,000

36,500

528,000

546,800

2002/03

1,482

700

2,783

2,000

47,000

34,500

573,000

548,100

2003/04

1,439

900

2,505

2,100

41,000

31,900

797,000

537,500

2004/05

1,338

1,000

2,540

2,200

42,000

34,600

798,000

561,100

2005/06

1,302

1,000

2,569

2,400

44,000

36,500

836,000

623,000

2006/07

1,318

1,000

2,524

2,400

45,000

38,900

898,000

(1)683,300

2007/08

1,536

1,400

3,356

2,800

51,000

43,000

1,010,000

(1)749,300

(1) Children figures for Great Britain include receipts on cases progressed clerically for 2006/07 and 2007/08 and do not include performance of cases held clerically by Parliamentary Constituency, Local Authority or region.
Notes:
1. Figures on money are received via the collection service as well as maintenance arranged via maintenance direct agreements. Figures for Great Britain are sourced from General Ledger and figures for Jarrow, South Tyneside and the North East sourced from Management information.
2. Figures on money for Great Britain include receipts on cases progressed clerically. Figures do not include performance of cases held clerically by Parliamentary Constituency, Local Authority or Region.
3. All Great Britain figures on money are for the relevant financial year. Figures for Jarrow, South Tyneside and the North East up to and including 2002/03 are for the 12 months up to February. For 2003/04 onwards, all information is for full financial years.
4. Money collected and arranged has been allocated to Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, South Tyneside Local Authority and the North East by matching the postcode of the non resident parent against the Office for National Statistics postcode directory.
5. Figures on money rounded to the nearest £1,000 for Jarrow and South Tyneside and £1m for North East and Great Britain and children rounded to the nearest 100.
6. Children benefiting are allocated to Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, South Tyneside Local Authority and the North East by matching the postcode of the parent with care against the Office for National Statistics postcode directory. Some movements in the caseload may be down to changes in the postcode directory over time. The reduction in children benefiting between February 2000 and February 2001 in Jarrow is largely due to changes in the postcode directory at this time and is not a real reduction.

Employment: Finance

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of all Government employment programmes, excluding Remploy, in each year for which information is available since 1997. [203267]

Mr. Timms: There are a range of employment programmes that ensure that people get the support that they need to move back into work.

The new deal embodied the idea that rights and responsibilities go hand in hand. In return for the extra support and opportunities provided, young people were expected to take up jobs and training or see their benefits cut. As we saw this approach working, we extended it to other groups. Together with a stable economy, this has helped take a million people off key out-of-work benefits and cut claimant unemployment by 50 per cent. The latest figures show that the number of people on jobseeker's allowance is 819.3 thousand. This is down 58.1 thousand on the year, and down 800.3 thousand since 1997. The result is we are spending over £5 billion less on key out-of-work benefits.

At the same time, we have increased employment support by £800 million and been able to increase help to those who simply cannot work. This is good for the individual and for our society as a whole. All the evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty and that by helping people into work, we make sure our economy benefits from making better use of individuals' talent while cutting the welfare bill.

Information about the cost of employment programmes is in the following table.

Employment programmes excluding Remploy

 £ million

1997-98

200

1998-99

322

1999-2000

531

2000-01

557

2001-02

791

2002-03

805

2003-04

919

2004-05

1,044

2005-06

973

2006-07

865

Notes:
1. Figures are in nominal terms.
2. Programmes included are: Employment Zones; Working Neighbourhoods Pilot; External Action Teams; Princes Youth Business Trust; Work Based Learning for Adults; European Social Fund; Jobsearch Provision; Incapacity Benefit Reforms; Ambition; Adviser Discretion Fund; Internal Action Teams; Ethnic Minorities Pilot; New Deals; Work Step; Access to Work; Residential Training Centres; Work Preparation.
3. Not all programmes ran in each year.
4. Information about programme expenditure for Employment Zones, The Prince's Trust, and Working Neighbourhoods is not available prior to 2004-05, and is not included in the figures for earlier years.
5. The figures do not include administration expenditure.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Jobcentre Plus, and Employment Service annual reports.

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Income Support: Lone Parents

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2010 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between seven and 16 on that date; and if he will make a statement; [214951]

(2) how many and what proportion of lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2009 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between 10 and 16 on that date; and if he will make a statement; [214952]

(3) how many and what proportion of the lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2008 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between 12 and 16 years on that date; and if he will make a statement. [214953]

Mr. Plaskitt: The information is not available.

Information is available on the number of lone parents receiving income support at August 2007 who had a youngest child aged between seven and 16, 10 and 16, and 12 and 16 by number of children in those age bands at that date.

That information is in the following table.

Number of IS lone parents at August 2007

 All Percentage

Whose youngest child is aged 12 to 16

All

106,700

—

One child aged 12 to 16

76,300

71.5

Two children aged 12 to 16

26,600

24.9

Three or more children aged 12 to 16

3,800

3.6

Whose youngest child is aged 10 to 16

All

169,400

—

One child aged 10 to 16

107,400

63.4

Two children aged 10 to 16

50,000

29.5

Three or more children aged 10 to 16

12,100

7.1

Whose youngest child is aged seven to 16

All

287,800

—

One child aged seven to 16

157,000

54.5

Two children aged seven to 16

93,900

32.6

Three or more children aged 7 to 16

36,900

12.8

Note:
5 per cent. sample figures are uprated to 100 per cent. WPLS totals and rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample
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