§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Employment further to his reply of 30 November, Official Report, column 620, how many unfilled places there are on the community programme; and where they are located.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkAt the end of October, the community programme was some 4,000 places below its national target of 130,000 filled places. All those places would have been taken up in London and the south-east if their rate of progress in providing job opportunities on the programme had matched other regions. My hon. Friend announced on 26 March at c.29 our targets for correcting imbalances in filled places between regions up to October 1986. On that basis, London will need to increase its current number of filled places by 60 per cent., the south-east by 35 per cent. and the midlands by 8 per cent. while other regions will either remain constant or make some reductions.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment, using information from the latest community programme follow-up survey, and in respect of the over 25-year-olds, over 52 weeks duration grouping, what percentage of those in employment at the time of the follow-up survey were (a) male (i) supervisory-married 559W and (ii) supervisory-single, widowed, divorced or separated, or (b) female (i) supervisory-married and (ii) supervisory-single, widowed, divorced or separated; what proportion of each married sub-grouping has an employed spouse; and what percentage of each sub-category has children within the 0 to 15 years age range.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available exactly in the form requested. The information, where available, is:
per cent. Male: Married 41 Single, Widowed, Separated or Divorced 30 Total 71 Female: Married 28 Single, Widowed, Separated or Divorced 0 Total 28 Some survey forms were completed giving no indication of marital status.
The survey of former participants does not provide information on whether participants were supervisors, the employment status of any spouse or the ages of any children.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment, using information from the latest survey of participants on the community programme, if he will give the percentage of participants within the following categories: for the two standard eligibility groupings of 18 to 24 years of age, over 26 weeks duration grouping, and over 25 years of age, over 52 weeks duration grouping, what proportion are (I) married (a) male (i) supervisory and (ii) non-supervisory and (b) female (i) supervisory and (ii) non-supervisory; what proportion are (II) single, widowed, divorced or separated (a) male (i) supervisory and (ii) non-supervisory or (b) female (i) supervisory and (ii) non-supervisory; what proportion of each married sub-grouping have an employed spouse; and what proportion of each sub-grouping have children within the 0 to 15 years age range.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available exactly in the form requested. The information, where available, is:
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per cent. Those aged 18–24 Married Male 7 Female 4 Total 11 Single, Widowed, Divorced or Separated Male 68 Female 19 Total 87 Those aged 25 and over Married Male 42 Female 18 Total 60
per cent. Single, Widowed, Divorced or Separated Male 33 Female 5 Total 38 Some survey forms were completed giving no indication of marital status.
The survey of former participants does not provide information on whether participants were supervisors, the employment status of any spouse or the ages of any children.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment, for the year to date, for Avon, the southwest and for Great Britain as a whole, for the Manpower Services Commission standard groupings of 18 to 24 years of age, over 26 weeks duration grouping and over 25 years of age, over 52 weeks duration grouping, what percentage of community programme participants are male (i) married and (ii) single, widowed, separated or divorced; what proportion of each sub-group are supervisory; and what percentage of each sub-group are not in receipt of any major benefit, such as housing benefits, supplementary benefits or family income supplement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available exactly in the form requested. The information, where available, is set out in the table:
Entrants during the year ending 31 October 1984 South-West Per cent. Great Britain Per cent. Aged 18–24 58 57 Aged 25 and over 42 42 Male 78 77 Female 22 23 Married 27 30 Single, widowed, divorced or separated 73 70 Not in direct receipt of unemployment and/or supplementary benefit at the time of entry to the Programme 8 13 Figures for the County of Avon are not available.
Information is not collected on whether entrants are supervisors or were in receipt of housing benefit or family income supplement.