HC Deb 14 April 2000 vol 348 cc304-5W
Mr. Pickles

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many personal advisers work for the personal adviser section of the New Deal for Lone Parents; and what the average case load is in each(a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) county. [118610]

Angela Eagle

The information is not available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Personal advisers are not allocated to specific constituencies, local authorities or counties. Such information as is available is in the table.

Resource allocation for advisers and adviser management and the average caseload of current participants for Scotland, Wales and English regions
Region Adviser Managers1 Advisers1 Participation2 Average Caseload3
Scotland 4.15 63.62 6,296 92.90
Wales 2.53 39.23 4,693 112.38
Northern 2.35 36.52 3,592 92.41
North West 6.5 98.84 9,168 87.03
Yorkshire and Humberside 3.97 60.91 6,497 100.14
East Midlands 3.97 60.91 6,148 94.76
West Midlands 4.15 63.62 6,894 101.73
South West 2.89 44.65 5,738 120.70
London and the South East 15.06 228.45 21,469 88.16
Total 45.57 696.75 70,495 94.97
1 The numbers given relate to the number of Staff Unit Years.
2 Participation relates to the number of lone parents on NDLP in January 2000.
3 Average number of participants per member of NDLP staff rounded to two decimal places.

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