Employment Schemes: Lone Parents Danny Alexander 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. Caroline Flint 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. ------------------------------------------ |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 | ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------