The following measures are already in place to help eligible lone parents into employment, some of which are open to eligible people other than lone parents:
New Deal for Lone Parents
New Deal Plus for Lone Parents
Work Focused Interviews
Programme Centres
Work Trials
Childcare Subsidy
Childcare Assist
In-Work Credit
In-Work Emergency Fund
Adviser Discretion Fund
Job Grant
Mortgage Interest Run On
Housing Benefit Run On .
Tax Credits
As we have announced, we also plan to introduce the following measures to help eligible lone parents into employment:
From 30 April 2007: extension of six-monthly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged five to 13;
From 30 April 2007: introduction in New Deal Plus for Lone Parent pilot areas of quarterly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged 11 to 13;
From 1 July 2007: introduction of a higher In-Work Credit rate of 60 across London;
From 1 July 2007: continuation of the In-Work Credit in pilot areas until June 2008;
From 1 April 2008 to March 2011: expansion of the New Deal Plus for Lone Parent pilot areas to cover all London districts;
From 28 April 2008: extension of six-monthly Work Focused Interviews for lone parents with a youngest child aged 0 to four.