§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General if he will give, on the basis of the second community programme "follow-up" survey of past participants, for both sexes by both eligibility standard grouping, the proportion who had found employment at the time of the survey, all according to the three standard age ranges of the entrants, under 25, 25 to 44, and 45-plus years.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI shall be placing a summary of the main results of the second community programme "follow-up" survey of past participants in the Library of the House within the next three weeks. I shall then write to the hon. Member setting out the information he requests.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General if he will estimate by reference to the most up-to-date statistics the chance that someone on the unemployment register will gain employment within a year, according to sex, and by the standard age categories, under-18, 18 to 24, 25 to 44 45–plus years, and by standard duration of unemployment groupings; and if he will estimate the influence of the community programme on each of the given proportions.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkFigures are not available in the form requested. However, broad estimates indicate that about four in five of people becoming unemployed leave the claimant register within a year.