A report reviewed research on the apparent low labour market participation among lone parents in London.
Source: William O'Connor and Richard Boreham, Investigating Low Labour Market Participation Among Lone Parents in London: A review of the methods, In-House Report 104, Department for Work and Pensions (0113 399 4040)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2002-Nov
A survey found that lone parents expressed positive views about personal adviser meetings: but it emphasised the importance of maintaining contact with clients beyond the initial meeting.
Source: Nick Coleman, Nicola Rousseau and Lizzie Kennedy, Early Findings from Lone Parent Adviser Meetings: Quantitative Survey of Clients, WAE 140, Department for Work and Pensions (0114 259 6278)
Links: No link provided by DWP
Date: 2002-Nov
Researchers assessed attitudes towards the principle of, and clients' experiences of, compulsory annual review meetings for lone parents; and examined experiences of contacting Department for Work and Pensions services later on in the claim.
Source: Helen Connolly and Hazel Green, Longer Term Experiences of a Work-focused Service among Lone Parent Clients in the ONE Pilots - ONE client survey: Cohort 2 Wave 3, In-House Report 103, Department for Work and Pensions (0113 399 4040)
Links: Report (pdf) | Press release
Date: 2002-Oct
The number of lone-parent families in Great Britain in 2000 was provisionally estimated at 1.75 million, one in four of all families with dependent children (compared to one in five in 1991).
Source: John Haskey, 'One-parent families - and the dependent children living in them - in Great Britain', Population Trends 109, Autumn 2002, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf)
Date: 2002-Sep
A trade union report called for greater help for lone parents seeking work, including better childcare and help for those with disabilities or poor educational qualifications.
Source: Lone Parents, Jobs and Poverty, Trades Union Congress (020 7467 1294)
Links: Report
Date: 2002-Sep
A report presented findings from the first phase of qualitative research into lone parent personal adviser meetings, drew out key lessons to date, and sought to identify how the research questions can be refined and extended for the second phase.
Source: Andy Thomas and Rita Griffiths, Early Findings from Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Qualitative Research with Clients and Case Studies on Delivery, WAE 132, Department for Work and Pensions (0114 259 6278)
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/4, Digest 124, paragraph 7.6
Date: 2002-Aug
Researchers found that the in-work training grant (IWTG) for lone parents is seen as a positive resource by both clients and advisers, with the potential to improve the situation of lone parents in employment.
Source: Jane Lakey, Jane Parry, Helen Barnes and Rebecca Taylor, New Deal for Lone Parents: A Qualitative Evaluation of the In-Work Training Grant Pilot (IWTG), WAE 119, Department for Work and Pensions (0114 259 6278)
Links: Summary (pdf)
Date: 2002-Jul
A report said that there is 'clear evidence' of the success of the New Deal for Lone Parents programme.
Source: Martin Evans, Abigail McKnight and Ceema Namazie, New Deal for Lone Parents: First Synthesis Report of the National Evaluation, WAE 116, Department for Work and Pensions (0114 259 6278)
Links: WAE 116 (pdf) | Summary (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/2, Digest 122, paragraph 7.3
Date: 2002-Jul
The government will fail to meet its targets of enabling 70 per cent of lone parents to be in work and halving child poverty by 2010, unless it invests substantially more in childcare, two leading charities warned.
Source: Lone Parents and Childcare: The Facts, National Council for One Parent Families (0800 018 5026) and Daycare Trust
Links: OPF press release (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/4, Digest 124, paragraph 1.6
Date: 2002-Jul