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New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland: Statistics to end September 2003

4 ^th December 2003

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This is the latest News Release providing summary information, to the end of September 2003, on the numbers of people participating in the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) in Scotland, along with equivalent data for Great Britain. These news releases are published quarterly, on the first Thursday of June, September, December and March (data to the end of the first to fourth quarters, respectively).

Next release in this series: 4 ^th March 2004

Jobs

• In Scotland, 28,200 jobs have been gained through the New Deal for Lone Parents (all spells) among 25,000 individual lone parents. This compares to 254,200 jobs gained among 229,300 lone parents across Great Britain.

Participants

• 4,400 lone parents joined the NDLP between July and September 2003, an increase of 900 over April to June 2003.
• Since the scheme began, 58,300 people have started NDLP while 47,600 people have left leaving 10,700 participants at the end of September 2003, an increase of 800 (8%) since June 2003. This compares to 98,800 participants across Great Britain at the end of September 2003, an increase of 6,200 (7%) since June 2003.

Client group

• The employment rate among lone parents in Scotland was 53% in the year ending February 2003, no change in the past year but an increase of 11 percentage points since year ending February 1998.

Table 1: New Deal for Lone Parents key facts from October 1998 to end September 2003

FURTHER INFORMATION

The Department for Work and Pensions New Deal statistical first release for GB and the regions, "New Deal for Lone Parents and Personal Adviser Meetings: statistics to March 2002" can be accessed from the URL,

www.statistics.gov.uk/press_Release/CurrentReleases.asp

Alternatively, contact David McPhee, ETLLD, Transitions to Work: 3, Scottish Executive, Meridian Court, 3 ^rd Floor, Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6AT. Telephone 0141-242-5490.
Email: labour-market.statistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

New Deal Policy Design

More detailed information on the New Deal policy design can be found on the internet. The address of the national New Deal website is: www.newdeal.gov.uk. In addition, a website covering the New Deals and other Welfare to Work initiatives in Scotland has been recently expanded into a forum for disseminating news and sharing good practice: http://www.newdealscotland.com

Details on criteria for entry to NDLP are described in the News Release dated 29 June 2000: New Deal for Unemployed People in Scotland: Statistics to end April 2000, at the URL, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00002-00.asp

Notes for News Editors

The New Deal for Lone Parents was introduced nationally in October 1998.

Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on the funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations, many of whom provide New Deal services under contract or provide funds and other resources, including training funds, to enhance the quality of New Deal at local level.

Further notes for News Editors can be found in the News Release dated 29 June 2000, at the URL, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00002-00.asp

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