§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will give a breakdown of the number of lone parents leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents for employment who have(a) at least one child below the age of five years three months and (b) all children aged over five years three months, for each month since the inception of the New Deal. [9679]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownI have been asked to reply.
The information is in the table.
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Numbers leaving the new deal for lone parents into employment Great Britain up to July 2001 Age of youngest child1 Month Under 5 years and 3 months 5 years 3 months and over December 1998 33 34 January 1999 75 73 February 1999 98 98 March 1999 143 138 April 1999 198 227 May 1999 217 247
Numbers leaving the new deal for lone parents into employment Great Britain up to July 2001 Age of youngest child1 Month Under 5 years and 3 months 5 years 3 months and over June 1999 255 312 July 1999 434 559 August 1999 411 524 September 1999 410 507 October 1999 682 919 November 1999 859 1,061 December 1999 1,302 1,643 January 2000 883 1,099 February 2000 707 928 March 2000 1,109 1,368 April 2000 869 983 May 2000 926 1,147 June 2000 1,163 1,319 July 2000 965 1,188 August 2000 907 1,065 September 2000 989 1,131 October 2000 1,148 1,345 November 2000 1,396 1,637 December 2000 1,414 1,689 January 2001 967 1,124 February 2001 815 974 March 2001 1,186 1,359 April 2001 903 1,011 May 2001 1,028 1,123 June 2001 1,192 1,275 July 2001 955 1,052 Total 24,639 29,159 1Age of youngest child when attended initial interview