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Lone Parent Employment

: Hidden behind those figures are all the lone parent personal advisers, which are counted as part of the administration. The service that they provide is a direct service to lone parents—perhaps the most important element of our service because it helps in relation to the issues raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley. People are able to sit down and talk through all their problems and barriers with an individual who is entirely focused on their needs. I hope that the hon. Gentleman is not trying distort the statistics and that he recognises that those are direct costs of direct services that assist lone parents.