§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General what is the form of monitoring and report conducted by his Department or the Manpower Services Commission to establish how many people have found jobs, started self-employment, entered training or become involved in volunteer work, as either a direct result of restart or as a result of (a) advice given by restart interview staff, (b) use of a jobclub, or (c) advice from a restart course subsequent to volunteer work.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe have no means of knowing how many of those who have had a restart interview, or who have been on a restart course, subsequently find jobs, start self-employment, enter training or take up voluntary work. People have always ceased to claim benefit for those and other reasons at any time and will continue to do so.
However, when people are referred direct from restart interviews to jobs, self-employment, training or voluntary work the employers or organisations and so on are asked about the result. When people leave jobclubs they are asked whether they are going into a job, training or some other opportunity. We cannot guarantee the completeness of our returns however. We do not have any means of following up every participant. There is no sensible reason why we should devote extra staff and resources to doing so.