HC Deb 05 July 1999 vol 334 c352W
19. Mr. White

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures his Department is taking to assist lone parents to get work. [88044]

Mr. Darling

We are taking a wide range of action to help lone parents into work. These include the New Deal for Lone Parents programme which has helped over 16,500 lone parents into work and changes to the benefits rules from this October, which will allow lone parents to have a two week run-on of Income Support when they start work.