§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his written answer of 4 February 2000,Official Report, columns 748–49W, how many lone parents under the New Deal for Lone Parents broken down into (i) targeted and (ii) non-targeted groups, (a) were issued with initial invitation letters, (b) booked initial interviews with personal advisers, (c) attended initial interviews,
Prototype Phase 1 (July 1997-October 1998) Phase 2 (April 1998-October 1998) Results for the National Programme (October 1998-November 1999) Target group Non-target group All lone parents Target group Non-target group Initial invitation letters issued 150,612 0 1— 443,710 0 Initial interviews booked 7,198 1,981 21,647 269,982 62,149 Initial interviews attended 6,289 1,818 15,193 61,033 51,536 Number agreeing to participate 5,561 1,741 12,889 54,659 45,838 Number entering education 300 75 2,569 4,405 3,961 Jobs obtained 2,473 920 2,878 18,949 13,756 (Number of these obtained by part-time workers increasing their hours) 3(355) — (487) (829) (401) 1 The number of letters issued during phase 1 and 2 cannot be divided into separate figures because these phases ran concurrently from April 1998 to October 1998. Letters were only issued to target group lone parents. 2 This figure is taken from internal management information and so has not been validated in the same way as other figures for the National Programme. 3 The number of lone parents who were working part-time before obtaining work of over 16 hours cannot be split into target and non-target group for phase 1. Notes:
1. The results for phase 2 of NDLP are not available split into the target and non-target groups on/training.
2. In some cases it was not recorded whether the lone parent was either from the target or non-target group. The figures shown in the table are only those definitely recorded as in one group or the other. Consequently the sum of these figures do not always equal the total number of lone parents at each stage.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many lone parents, under the New Deal for Lone Parents, have(a) been issued with initial invitation letters, (b) booked initial interviews with personal advisers, (c) attended initial interviews, (d) agreed to participate in the programme, (e) been referred to Employment Service
Results for the National Programme (October 1998-November 1999) Prototype phases 1 and 2 (July 1997-October 1998) Initial invitation letters issued 443,710 50,612 Initial interviews booked 1134,948 30,826 Initial interviews attended 112,570 23,300 Number agreeing to participate 100,500 20,191 Number entering education/training 10,630 2,944 Jobs obtained 32,710 6,271 (Number of these obtained by part-time workers increasing their hours) (1,230) (842) Note:
This figure is taken from internal management information and so has not been validated in the same way as other figures for the National Programme.