§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many(a) men and (b) women have participated in job clubs each year since the scheme started;
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women have attended job search seminars in each quarter since their inception.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for the subject of the questions 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 M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Tony Lloyd, dated 8 March 1994:
The Secretary of State for Employment has asked me to reply to your questions about the number of men and women participating in Jobclub and job search seminars since the programmes started.This breakdown is not available for Jobclubs for the year 1985–86, the first year that the programme was running. From April 1986 details of males and females are based on survey information and evaluation reports. Since April 1990 we have collected information on male and female participants on a sample survey basis and this has been used to calculate the annual totals in Table A. The sample survey for 1993–94 is taking place this month.Table B shows the number of attenders in job search seminars for each quarter since the programme began in August 1991. We do not keep statistics on male and female job search seminar attenders. However a survey in September 1992 showed that approximately 70 per cent. of job search seminars attenders are male and 30 per cent. female.I hope this is' helpful.
Table A Total number of jobclub participants Proportion of males and females Year Throughflow Males Females 1985–86 11,994 Not available Not available 1986–87 120,606 15,867 4,739 1987–88 105,677 80,314 25,363 1988–89 132,262 97,874 34,388 1989–90 140,095 102,269 37,826 1990–91 134,712 102,381 32,331 1991–92 176,140 140,470 35,670 1992–93 216,679 173,343 43,336 1993–942 190,194 Not yet available Not yet available 1 Denotes estimated figures. 2 To January 1994. 190W
Table B Number of attenders in job search seminars from August 1991 Quarter Number of participants September 1991 (2 months) 1,274 December 1991 13,787 March 1992 19,570 June 1992 20,179
Quarter Number of participants September 1992 22,127 December 1992 22,966 March 1993 20,935 June 1993 16,519 September 1993 15,849 December 1993 17,168 January 1994 (1 month) 5,548 Note: A survey carried out by the Employment Service in September 1992 showed that approximately 70 per cent. of job search seminar participants are male and 30 per cent. female.