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Lone Parents
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents helped into employment in (a) Hartlepool, (b) the North East and (c) Great Britain in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [63277]
Margaret Hodge: The lone parent employment rate has risen by 11.3 percentage points since 1997 and new deal for lone parents (NDLP) has contributed to this success by helping more than 420,000 lone parents into work.
Information on the number of lone parents helped into work in each year since 1997 through NDLP in Great Britain, the North East and Hartlepool is in the table.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and data is to August 2005.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate
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Media Training
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent by his Department on media training in each year since 1997–98. [55215]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed on 8 June 2001 from parts of the former Department of Social Security, the former Department for Education and Employment and the Employment Service. Information prior to 2001 is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Amount (£) | |
|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | 3299.00 |
| 2005–06 | 749.24 |
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New Deal
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what funding will be made available in each of the next three years for (a) New Deal for 25 plus, (b) Work Based Learning for Adults, (c) Project Work, (d) Jobsearch Provision, (e) Employment Zones and (f) other employment schemes in (i) West Sussex and (ii) East Worthing and Shoreham; [61564]
(2) how much his Department has spent on each programme to help the unemployed move back into work in each year since 1997 in (a) West Sussex, (b) East Worthing and Shoreham and (c) the UK. [61569]
Margaret Hodge: Information on programme spend and projected spend is not available broken down at parliamentary constituency or county council level.
Information is not available for the whole of the UK as this Department does not deliver employment programmes in Northern Ireland.
Information on programme spend in Great Britain, in each year since 1997 is in the table.
(181) The New Deal 50 plus Employment Credit was subsumed within the 50 plus element of the Working Tax Credit from 2003–04.
(182) WORKSTEP was previously Supported Employment.
(183) Work Preparation was previously Employment Rehabilitation.
(184) Includes the Job Introduction Scheme, marketing of programmes for disabled people and expenditure on the Disability Consulting Group.
(185) Previously Training for Work.
(186) Includes expenditure on Programme Centres (previously Jobclubs); Jobplan and Resource Centres.
(187) In England only. Figures for 2000–01 and earlier years exclude training allowances.
(188) Includes ethnic minority initiatives; Restart fares; Work Trials; Workwise; Jobmatch; Community Action; research, and publicity and marketing.
Notes:
1. Data comprise programme expenditure, allowance payments paid to New Deal participants and the New Deal 50 plus Employment Credit.
2. All figures are rounded to the nearest £ million; expenditure of less than £500,000 is shown as a zero.
Sources:
Jobcentre Plus Financial Strategy Division
Jobcentre Plus Financial Control Division
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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have participated in (a) New Deal for 25 plus, (b) Work Based Learning for Adults, (c) Project Work, (d) Jobsearch Provision, (e) Employment Zones and (f) other employment schemes in (i) West Sussex and (ii) East Worthing and Shoreham in each year since 1997. [61568]
Margaret Hodge: People living in West Sussex and East Worthing and Shoreham can access a wide range of programmes to help them into employment, including the New Deal, which has helped nearly 6,500 people into work in West Sussex, 900 of whom are in East Worthing and Shoreham.
The Ambition Energy programme, which has supported people into employment as gas network operatives and domestic gas installers, has also been available to people in West Sussex. 14 people attended a course in Albourne in July 2002; 16 people attended a course in Crawley in November 2003; and a further 16 attended another Crawley course in April 2004.
Specialist programmes like progress2work, which helps participants tackle the employment barriers they face due to drug misuse, are available to people in West Sussex. Data are not available on the number of participants broken down at county council or parliamentary constituency level. People in West Sussex with health conditions and disabilities who need support in the workplace, or help to enter employment, can
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access the full range of specialist programmes like Access to Work, the Job Introduction Scheme and WORKSTEP. Data on participants are not available broken down at the level requested.
From August 2001 until the end of July 2005, people living in the Adur local authority area who signed on in Brighton were able to access the Employment Zone in Brighton and Hove. During that period, less than 10 people in each year from the Adur local authority area joined the Employment Zone.
Jobsearch Provision is normally used to describe the services offered by Programme Centres. Programme Centres provide individually tailored job search help, including CV preparation, interview skills, telephone techniques and help with application forms. People in West Sussex currently access Programme Centre support in Brighton and Hastings and a contracting process is underway to re-deliver this service in West Sussex. Information on starts to Programme Centres is not available at the level requested.
Project Work was a pilot which ran in 31 areas from February 1997 and was developed by the previous administration. It has not operated since 1998–99 and starts data is not available.
The available information on the number of people who have participated in employment programmes in West Sussex and East Worthing and Shoreham in each year since 1997 is in the following tables.
(189) Latest data relate to the end of August 2005 for New Deal for Young People, New Deal 25 plus, and New Deal for Lone Parents, and to the end of November 2005 for New Deal 50 plus and New Deal for Partners.
Notes:
1. New Deal for Disabled People data are not available at parliamentary constituency or county council level.
2. The New Deal programmes started at the following times: New Deal for Young People: January 1998; New Deal 25 plus: July 1998; New Deal for Lone Parents: October 1998; New Deal 50 plus: April 2000; New Deal for Partners: May 1999.
3. The New Deal 50 plus starts data provided are from January 2004 and New Deal 50 plus jobs information is from April 2003. A time series breakdown is not available for New Deal 50 plus jobs prior to April 2003 broken down by county council or parliamentary constituency.
4. New Deal for Partners data for starts and jobs are from April 2004 as the data are not available at parliamentary constituency or county council level prior to then.
5. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and totals may not sum due to rounding.
Sources:
Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate
DWP Information Directorate
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| Time period | Starts |
|---|---|
| 2001(190) | 230 |
| 2002 | 470 |
| 2003 | 630 |
| 2004 | 760 |
| 2005(191) | 660 |
| Time period | Starts |
|---|---|
| 2001(190) | 30 |
| 2002 | 50 |
| 2003 | 90 |
| 2004 | 110 |
| 2005(191) | 90 |
(190) From April.
(191) To November.
Notes:
1. Data are not available at county council and parliamentary constituency level before April 2001.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Work Based Learning for Adults Evaluation Database
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