HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 cc552-3W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether single parents with a degree qualification can qualify for the New Deal for Lone Parents. [107462]

Angela Eagle

All lone parents on Income Support are eligible to join the voluntary New Deal for Lone Parents.

Since October 1998, when the New Deal for Lone Parents was launched nationwide, over 104,000 lone parents have attended interviews, 89 per cent. of these have decided to participate and over 28,000 have obtained jobs.