§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women have participated in community action in each month since its inception; and how many of these found work in Great Britain and in each region.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. G. Johnson to Mr. Tony Lloyd, dated 21 July 1994:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the numbers of men and women who have participated in Community Action in each month since its inception and the numbers of men and women, in each region and in Great Britain, who have found work as a result of participation. I am replying in the Chief Executive's absence.The numbers of male and female participants each month are given in annex 1.Annex 2 shows the number of men and women who have left the programme and the numbers who have immediately entered paid employment on leaving for the period 27 July 1993 to 27 May 1994. This is the latest date for which figures are available. We expect that many more people will enter paid employment in the period following participation as a direct result of the help they have received through the programme.I hope this is helpful.
Table showing the number of men and women who have participated in Community Action in each month since the programme began Month Men Women Total July 1993 35 1 36 August 1993 96 13 109 September 1993 258 35 293 October 1993 1,083 207 1,290 November 1993 2,547 566 3,113 December 1993 4,070 857 4,927 January 1994 6,397 1,464 7,861 February 1994 11,733 2,747 14,480 March 1994 18,914 4,467 23,381 April 1994 21,111 5,287 26,398 May 1994 23,505 5,966 29,471
§ Miss WiddecombeFollowing a programme of development work carried out during the last year, methods have now been developed which will make it possible, following a short running-in period, to release key results from the quarterly labour force survey only one and a half months after the end of each survey period.
The first accelerated LFS results—for the spring—March to May—1994 quarter will be published on 403W Wednesday 17 August; results for the summer—June to August—quarter will be published on Wednesday 12 October; for the autumn quarter in mid-January and so on.
The figures will cover total employment, including the service sector and self-employment; full and part-time employment; unemployment on the internationally standard International Labour Organisation definition; and economic activity and ILO unemployment rates. Regional-territorial and broad industry analyses will also be provided.
Fuller data from the LFS will continue to be published to the existing timetable. For example, the full results for the spring 1994 quarter will be published in September and the full results for the summer quarter will be published in December.