Starts to New Deal for Lone Parents. New Deal ran between 1998 and 2011.
Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics
Geographies: Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National
Geographic coverage: England and Wales
Time coverage: 1998 to 2005
Type of data: Administrative data
Notes: The New Deal for Lone Parents was introduced on 26 October 1998. It is aimed at all lone parents on Income Support, but is open to all lone parents (aged 16 plus and with a child under 16) not in work or working less than 16 hours per week on a voluntary basis. Lone parents in receipt of Income Support, with a youngest child aged 3 years and over, are sent an invitation letter to the programme.
