§ Mr. Rookerasked the Paymaster General if he will list the schemes run by his Department which are available to long-term unemployed males who are not eligible for benefit due to their partner working with an income above supplementary benefit levels.
§ Mr. LeeThe main schemes run by my Department and the Manpower Services Commission which are available to long-term unemployed males who fall into this category are as follows:
- New Workers Scheme
- Voluntary Projects Programme
- Community Industry
- YTS
- Training for Enterprise
- Wider Opportunities Training Programme
- Access to Information Technology
- Job Training Scheme
- Jobclubs
- Travel to Interview Schemes
- Open Tech Programme
- Career Development Loans1
1This is a pilot scheme which is running for a three-year period from April 1986 in Aberdeen, Bristol/Bath, Greater Manchester and Reading/Slough.In addition, all long-term unemployed people who are signing on at a benefit office for credit of national insurance contributions will be eligible for and called to a restart interview.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the number of people unemployed in each district council ward for the borough of Brighton and (b) the number of those people without a job for more than one year; and what percentage they constitute of the total number of people unemployed.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants at 9 October 1986 in each electoral ward in the Brighton local authority district, and the number of those who have been unemployed for over one year.
Total unemployed Unemployed over one year Percentage of total Elm Grove 466 169 36.3 Falmer 696 349 50.1 Hanover 466 167 35.8 Hollingbury 427 158 37.0 King's Cliff 644 272 42.2 Lewes Road 558 196 35.1 Montpelier 742 303 40.8 Moulsecoomb 400 157 39.2 Patcham 201 58 28.9 Pier 836 366 43.8 Preston 377 116 30.8 Preston Park 389 136 35.0 Queen's Park 591 253 42.8 Regency 1,068 428 40.1 Rottingdean 235 76 32.3 St. Nicholas 477 174 36.5 St. Peter's 396 134 33.8 Stanmer 353 127 36.0 Warren 580 225 38.8
§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Paymaster General (1) how many claims for unemployment benefit were held at the adjudication office in Birmingham on 31 October 1985;
776W(2) how many claims under consideration at the adjudication office in Birmingham on 31 October had been held there for more than three months.
§ Mr. LeeThe number of claims under consideration was 5,482. Information is not readily available about the number outstanding for more than three months, and this could be obtained only at disproportionate expense.