Employment Schemes: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents have taken part in pathways broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) age of youngest child and (c) number of children. (177973)

The available information is in the following tables.

Information on the number of lone parents who have taken part in new deal for lone parents broken down by number of children is not available.

*Number of lone parents who have taken part in new deal for lone parents by ethnicity, cumulative until August 2007*
Ethnic group	Number of lone parents
White	660,860
Black—Caribbean	21,250
Black—African	17,040
Black—Other	4,950
Indian	5,680
Pakistani	6,740
Bangladeshi	1,510
Chinese	1,010
Mixed/Other	20,200
Prefer not to say	49,800
Not recorded	27,840
Total	816,880

*Number of lone parents who have taken part in new deal for lone parents by age of youngest child, cumulative until August 2007*
	Age group of youngest child	Number of lone parents
0-2		178,140
3-5		178,210
6-8		137,810
9-12		144,120
13-15		104,260
Unknown		74,350
Total		816,880
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and displayed in thousands and therefore may not sum. 2. Ethnic group is self-assessed and recorded on the Labour Market System. 3. Information relates to lone parents who have taken part in the New deal for lone parents only. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008