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Number and proportion of leavers (spells) from new deal for lone parents into sustained employment by Jobcentre Plus district, cumulative data to February 2008

Sustained employment Proportion of known and unknown destinations (percentage) Proportion of known destinations (percentage)

Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde

8,430

42.7

46.6

Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders

9,020

44.1

47.9

Glasgow

8,220

39.4

42.5

Lanarkshire and Dumbarton

7,390

42.3

45.6

Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside

11,820

45.6

49.5

Highlands, Islands, Clyde Coast and Grampian

12,290

44.4

48.2

Tees Valley

9,760

46.8

50.1

South Tyne and Wear Valley

12,560

44.1

47.5

Northumbria

10,860

45.0

48.9

Cheshire, Halton and Warrington

5,660

44.0

47.9

Cumbria and Lancashire

15,730

44.3

48.1

Merseyside

18,560

41.5

44.5

Greater Manchester Central

13,970

42.0

45.4

Greater Manchester East and West

17,720

45.5

49.2

South Yorkshire

13,220

45.3

49.3

North and East Yorkshire and The Humber

15,040

45.3

50.2

West Yorkshire

24,680

43.7

47.0

South Wales Valleys

8,600

44.0

47.7

South East Wales

9,450

46.2

50.0

North and Mid Wales

9,730

41.9

46.4

South West Wales

8,160

41.5

44.8

Birmingham and Solihull

8,030

34.4

38.4

Coventry and Warwickshire

4,670

43.7

47.4

Staffordshire

7,940

47.0

50.9

Black Country

11,440

40.4

43.7

The Marches

8,000

45.0

48.8

Derbyshire

6,830

44.5

48.2

Lincolnshire and Rutland

5,720

47.9

52.6

Nottinghamshire

7,430

44.4

48.7

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

9,570

49.2

53.8

Essex

10,950

37.8

42.3

Norfolk

4,270

44.5

48.7

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

9,050

44.2

48.8

Cambridgeshire and Suffolk

7,510

42.0

46.7

Hampshire

12,980

46.5

50.4

Kent

12,630

41.4

45.8

Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire

8,690

45.5

48.8

Surrey and Sussex

10,940

42.0

46.4

City and East London

3,340

29.1

32.3

Central London

4,140

26.5

30.0

Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth

6,070

29.9

33.1

South London

15,180

31.5

35.5

North and North East London

9,460

28.1

32.0

West London

8,940

31.4

35.0

West of England

8,370

40.9

45.2

Cornwall and Devon

16,540

44.2

48.5

Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

10,600

46.4

50.6

Somerset and Dorset

9,160

46.4

51.2

District unknown

3,770

41.4

48.4

Total

493,100

41.8

45.7

Notes:
1. Immediate destination is measured within two weeks of leaving new deal, using information from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate.

Plain English

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many documents produced by his Department were submitted to the Plain English Campaign for approval for Crystal Mark status in each year since 2005; and how many documents achieved such status in each year. [231124]


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Jonathan Shaw: The Department of Work and Pensions submitted and obtained the Crystal Mark for 47 products in 2005, 65 in 2006, 48 in 2007 and 19 in 2008.

The Department of Work and Pensions may also have asked the Plain English Campaign to edit products for which the Department did not want the Crystal Mark but details of these are not held.

From August 2008, plain English editing and accreditation have been procured from the Plain Language Commission and details of all the products sent for editing or editing and accreditation are recorded.

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on Plain English Campaign training courses in each year since 2005. [231232]

Jonathan Shaw: The Department of Work and Pensions do not hold information on the cost of training costs provided by Plain English Campaign in previous years centrally and this could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

From August 2008, plain English training has been procured from the Plain Language Commission and details of the cost will be available centrally.

Rural Areas

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in respect of which of his Department's public service agreements rural proofing of departmental policies is stipulated. [230743]

Mr. McNulty: Rural proofing of departmental policies is not stipulated in either of the Department's public service agreements—PSA 8: maximise employment opportunity for all, or PSA 17: tackle poverty and promote greater independence and well-being in later life.

The policies that support these Government outcomes are, however, rural proofed as part of the ongoing policy development and maintenance processes.

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was overpaid in benefits through (a) fraud and (b) error in the category of (i) full-time earnings, (ii) part-time earnings, (iii) dependants, (iv) capital, (v) income, (vi) living together as husband and wife, (vii) identity errors, (viii) address errors, (ix) housing, (x) benefits, (xi) abroad, (xii) hospitalisation, (xiii) maintenance, (xiv) non-dependants, (xv) prison and (xvi) any other category in each year since 1997 for which information is available. [226224]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available in the exact manner requested or at all for 1997-98 and 1999-2000. The available information responds to the Member's request as far as is possible and has been placed in the Library.

The available information can also be found in the National Statistics reports on Fraud and Error in the Benefit System available at:


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