HC Deb 28 January 1987 vol 109 cc279-80W
Dr. McDonald

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report, in respect of (a) the community programme, (b) the enterprise allowance scheme, (c) the restart scheme, (d) the jobclub system, and (e) the jobstart scheme (i) the statistical survey title, (ii) the survey date, (iii) the publication date; and if for each item he will show the distinction between surveys of the pilot, participant or follow-up type.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to the reply, 20 January 1987, c. 481]: In respect of the community programme, there are three regular statistical surveys carried out for which results are published. These are

  1. (i) Sponsors' Survey
  2. (ii) Participants' Survey

Title of Statistical Survey Survey Date (fieldwork) Publication date Type of survey
People on the Enterprise Allowance August/September 1983 January 1984 Participant survey of the pilot scheme
The Enterprise Allowance Pilot Scheme—18 month Follow-up Survey Survey of participants who joined between February 1982 and July 1983 eighteen months later March 1985 Follow-up survey of the pilot scheme
Two years after the Enterprise Allowance April/June 1985 December 1985 Follow-up survey of the pilot scheme
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Evaluation first six-month National Survey March 1984 May 1984 Participant survey of National Scheme
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Evaluation second six-month National Survey October 1984 January 1985 Participant survey of National Scheme
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Evaluation first fifteen-month National Survey December 1984 April 1985 Follow-up survey of National Scheme
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Evaluation third six-month National Survey September 1985 March 1986 Participant survey of National Scheme
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Evaluation first 18-month National Survey November/December 1985 February 1987 Follow-up survey of National Scheme

For the jobclub programme, a report entitled "Jobclub Evaluation Report" was produced in March 1986. It studied the pilot jobclubs during the period 5 August 1985 to 7 February 1986. A copy is in the House of Commons Library.

  1. (iii) Follow-up Survey

Dates of fieldwork and publication (by the research organisation) for each of the surveys are as follows:

Title Fieldwork Publication
(i) Sponsor's Survey I January 84 April 84
(ii) Participants' Survey I Autumn 83 May 84
Participants' Survey II Spring 84 August 84
Participants' Survey III Autumn 84 June 85
Participants' Survey IV Autumn 85 To be published
(iii) Follow-up Survey I Summer 84 December 84
Follow-up Survey II Winter 84/85 November 85

For the enterprise allowance scheme, the information requested is as follows:

A report on the restart pilots and initial experience of jobstart was made to the MSC on 22 January 1987 A copy is being placed in the House of Commons Library.

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