§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for each of the Training Agency's areas within Greater London, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, and for each of the latest four three monthly periods available, how many unemployed people have(a) been called in for a restart interview, (b) attended a restart interview, (c) been referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend their interview, (d) had their benefit or national insurance credits disallowed for failing to attend their interview, (e) been called in for a restart follow up interview, (f) attended a restart follow up interview, (g) been referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend their follow up interview and (h) had their benefit or national insurance credits disallowed for failing to attend their follow-up interview.
§ Mr. LeeThe information as requested is not available. however, the following table gives the information for the relevant employment service areas.
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Greater London Areas1 Merseyside Areas2 Greater Manchester Areas3 Glasgow Areas4 Sheffield Areas5 Birmingham and Solihull Areas6 Coventry and Warwickshire Areas7 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend follow-up interview 996 90 340 0 54 7 9 (h) Disallowed Figures not available October-December 1988 All Restart interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 121,454 45,519 48,896 27,792 21,415 32,971 11,693 (b) Attended a Restart interview 76,389 31,761 33,315 19,768 14,337 20,520 7,897 (c) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 22,172 5,751 6,266 2,130 1,265 1,099 387 (d) Disallowed Figures not available Restart follow-up interviews (also included in figures above) (e) Called for Restart follow-up interview 9,280 3,485 3,384 842 1,232 4,997 2,516 (f) Attended Restart follow-up interview 5,211 2,128 1,991 570 1,066 4,462 1,646 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend follow-up interview 1,212 366 441 79 144 13 41 (h) Disallowed Figures not available January-March 1989 All Restart Interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 83,811 44.621 45,398 29,755 18,082 32,714 11,823 (b) Attended a Restart interview 78,161 33,420 33,838 22,616 12,461 26,688 8,352 (c) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 18,714 5,270 6,097 2,524 972 2,222 754 (d) Disallowed Figures not available Restart follow-up interviews (also included in figures above) (e) Called for Restart follow-up interview 17,304 3,383 2,870 2,344 1,077 10,470 3,565 (f) Attended Restart follow-up interview 10,486 2,951 2,264 1,662 1,463 9,563 2,555 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend follow-up interview 2,649 513 548 265 149 45 125 (h) Disallowed Figures not available 1 London South East, Inner London South, Inner London East, Inner London Central, Inner London West, London North West, London East, London South, London South West, London West. 2 Liverpool and Wirral, Merseyside North, Merseyside South. 3 Manchester City, Manchester North East, Manchester North West, Manchester South, Manchester West. 4 Glasgow North, Glasgow South. 5 Sheffield. 6 Birmingham (including Solihull). 7 Coventry/Warwickshire.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for Great Britain and each standard training region, and for each of the latest four three monthly periods available, how many unemployed people have(a) been called in for a restart interview, (b) attended a restart interview, (c) been referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend their interview, (d) had their benefit or national insurance credits disallowed for failing to attend their interview, (e) been called in for a restart
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Restart Counselling—Numbers interviewed and failure to attend outcomes Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midland and Eastern London and South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Great Britain April-June 1988 All restart interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 46,432 67,007 60,405 160,641 39,496 39,909 68,667 113,418 83,641 679,616 (b) Attended Restart interview 38,818 50,986 47,314 116,983 26,932 30,919 53,275 89,906 68,516 523,649 follow up interview, (f) attended a restart follow-up interview, (g) been referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend their follow up interview and (h) had their benefit or national insurance credits disallowed for failing to attend their follow up interview.
§ Mr. LeeThe information as requested is not available. however information for Great Britain and the relevant employment service regions is given in the following tables.
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Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midland and Eastern London and South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Great Britain (c) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 4.478 4,442 6,327 28,586 4,500 4,308 6,323 14,887 6,793 80,644 (d) Disallowed for failing to attend 283 342 482 2,197 278 282 483 856 552 5,755 Restart follow-up interviews (figures also included in totals above) (e) Called for Restart interview 1,468 3,196 2,382 8,454 943 2,128 1,298 2,691 792 23,352 (f) Attended Restart interview 1.085 2,545 1,468 4.219 530 1,518 561 1,706 438 14,070 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 103 316 134 1,136 52 44 37 272 26 2,120 (h) Disallowed for failing to attend Not available in form requested included in (d) above July-September 1988 All restart interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 59,984 81.131 73,102 187,388 36,988 40,500 89,663 121.751 78,135 768,642 (b) Attended Restart interview 45,212 59,424 51,230 129,230 25,396 30,135 61,282 95,760 65,167 562,836 (c) Referred tio UBO for failing to attend interview 4,691 5,448 6,441 30,694 4,085 5,029 5,810 14,741 6.067 83,006 (d) Disallowed for failing to attend 292 428 499 2.295 242 296 413 1,030 505 6,000 Restart follow-up interviews (figures also included in totals above) (e) Called for Restart interview 3,218 4,376 6,689 20,338 1,194 6,794 11,335 6,689 1,610 62,243 (f) Attended Restart interview 2,428 3,226 4,029 12,521 721 5,518 7,027 3,946 1,146 40,562 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 295 376 289 2,467 158 344 223 626 48 4,826 (h) Disallowed for failing to attend Not available in form requested included in (d) above October-December 1988 All restart interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 54,604 85,627 69,492 176,428 43,417 45,715 100,086 126,956 105,594 807,919 (b) Attendee Restart interview 40,492 58,659 50,712 125.934 27,480 34,089 66,062 90,184 73,306 566,918 (c) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 4,174 5,713 6,467 29,136 4,122 5,277 6,085 15,234 7,222 83,432 (d) Disallowed for failing to attend 360 462 416 1,941 241 460 537 1,165 690 6,272 Restart follow-up interviews (figures also included in totals above) (e) Called for Restart interview 4,910 7,361 11,955 31,013 2,708 6,001 15,922 9,623 3,017 92,510 (f) Attended Restart interview 3,257 4,745 8,068 20,293 1,484 5,112 13,657 6,905 2,149 65,670 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 348 491 585 3,281 149 554 385 1,252 205 7,250 (h) Disallowed for failing to attend Not available in form requested included in (dj above January-March 1989 All restart interviews (a) Called for Restart interview 58,769 76,508 73,693 178,648 41,278 46,605 93,470 121,360 114,048 804,379 (b) Attended Restart interview 41,890 57,055 49,052 131,882 28,834 36,314 72,439 89,602 84,208 591,276 (c) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 3,810 5,387 5,917 25,979 3,549 4,651 6,893 14,027 8,252 78,465 (d) Disallowed for failing to attend 365 519 623 2,370 311 468 719 1,177 808 7,360 Restart follow-up interviews (figures also included in totals above)
Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midland and Eastern London and South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Great Britain (e) Called for Restart interview 5,023 8,886 12,812 40,604 6,523 8,217 21,030 8,177 11,711 122,983 (f) Attended Restart interview 4,591 7,179 9,801 28,577 4,867 6,816 22,397 6,947 8,730 99,905 (g) Referred to UBO for failing to attend interview 453 828 1,172 4,875 309 714 1,200 1,301 667 11,519 (h) Disallowed for failing to attend Not available in form requested included in (d) above
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for Great Britain and each training Agency area, how many individual child care allowances are being received by lone parent ET participants; and how many were granted or refused for each of the latest available three months.
§ Mr NichollsI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 16 May 1989, at columns177–79, which is the latest information available. Information about lone parents receiving child care allowances before April and those refused the allowance is not available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.