§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many left the new deal for lone parents whose youngest child is aged(a) five to 11 and (b) 11 to 16 years in each year since the inception of the new deal, broken down by destination. [9643]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe information is in the table.
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Numbers leaving NDLP by destination to July 2001—Great Britain Thousand Left income support Still on income support Period Total Employment1 Transfer to other
benefits
2Ineligible3 Employment1,4 Withdrawn for other
reasons5
Unknown destination6
October 1999-September 2000 Age of youngest child7 0–4 21.74 10.65 0.13 0.54 0.11 9.60 0.72 5–11 20.80 11.00 0.09 0.45 0.17 8.45 0.64 12–16 5.93 3.32 0.34 0.24 0.02 1.81 0.20 Not recorded8 4.12 2.02 0.06 0.16 0.03 1.70 0.16 October 2000-July 2001 Age of youngest child7 0–4 20.24 10.27 0.12 0.55 0.09 8.63 0.58 5–11 17.94 9.76 0.08 0.40 0.13 7.08 0.49 12–16 5.76 3.33 0.37 0.20 0.04 1.67 0.15 Not recorded8 1.34 0.53 0.03 0.08 0.00 0.64 0.06 1 These totals do not include people who have moved into full-time work but remain on the NDLP caseload as they are in receipt of in-work support. 2 Includes those making a claim for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) in order to join the New Deal for 18–24 year olds or the new deal for the long-term unemployed. Excludes lone parents who claim JSA in order to access work based learning for adults/training for work. 3 Those lone parents who become ineligible for NDLP due to a change in circumstances, e.g. partnering. 4 Lone parents working less than 16 hours in an average week, and remaining on income support. A very small number found employment after their initial interview but before joining the caseload. These are no counted in the "Total" leavers column. 5 Lone parents who leave the programme but remain on income support for a number of reasons, e.g. change in childcare arrangements, new additions to the family, etc. 6 Currently it is not known whether these people are on income support or not. 7 Age of youngest child when attended initial interview. 8 This figure includes children from each of the above age ranges. Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database