§ Mr. KempTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many lone parents on Income Support there were in the Northern Region(a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155015]
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§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Number of Lone Parents on Income Support—North East Government Office Region Thousand May 1996 56.5 November 2000 48.7 Notes:
1. Lone parents are defined as single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pensioner premiums.
2. Based on 5 per cent. sample, therefore subject to sampling error.
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands.
4. Cases are allocated to each Government Office region by matching postcodes against the relevant version of the ONS Postcode Directory.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, May 1996 and November 2000.
§ Mr. KempTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many children in lone families on Income Support there were in the northern region in(a) 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155014]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Number of children in lone parent families on Income Support North East Government Office Region Thousand May 1996 99.8 November 2000 84.9 Notes:
1. Lone parents are defined as single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pensioner premiums
2. Based on 5 per cent. sample, therefore subject to sampling error
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands
4. Children are defined as aged 0–15 years
5. Cases are allocated to each Government Office region by matching postcodes against the relevant version of the ONS Postcode Directory
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, May 1996 and November 2000
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment the Government have made of the proportion of lone parents who have found work under the New Deal for Lone Parents who return to the Income Support case load within(a) one month, (b) six months and (c) one year. [155418]
§ Angela EagleBy the end of December 2000, 81,311 lone parents had found work through the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP). An assessment of the numbers of lone parents returning to Income Support will form part of the evaluation of NDLP which is currently under way.