§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have benefited since 1992 from back-to-work bonus schemes in inner city areas for the long-term unemployed.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 18 February 1994]: Responsibility 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 Mr. M. Fogden to Mr. David Rendel, dated 21 February 1994:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about Back to Work Bonus schemes.The Government launched two pilots of a back to work bonus scheme called the Jobfinder's Grant on 7 February this year in my East Midlands and Eastern and West Midlands Regions. Up to 15 February, 65 grants has been issued in the East Midlands where 2,000 grants of £200 are available to people previously unemployed for more than two years who find work. Thirty three grants has been issued in the West Midlands where 1,000 grants of £100 are available to people, previously unemployed for more than two years and who live within the areas of Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton or Walsall.I hope this is helpful.