§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain, for each region and for each training and enterprise council or local enterprise company, what is her best estimate of the number of employment training trainees who(a) are lone parents and (b) have entered the scheme under the lone parent eligibility route; how many are receiving child care allowances; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThis information is not held centrally. TECs and LECs are required to deliver programmes that meet the needs of all their client groups. It is for the TECs and LECs to determine which trainee groups, such as lone parents, they support with the costs of childcare.