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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:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd2/fraud_error.asp

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