§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest estimated percentage register effects on the unemployment count of each of the following measures (i) the community programme, (ii) the enterprise allowance scheme, (iii) job release scheme and job splitting scheme, (vi) the new job training scheme, (v) the young workers' scheme and (vi) community industry.
§ Mr. CopeThe effect on the unemployment count of employment measures cannot be calculated precisely. The people engaged in (ii), (iii) and (v) in the question are all engaged in ordinary work in the mainstream of the economy and have left the unemployment count in the same way as other unemployed people who find a job. The community programme (i) also provides real work for long-term unemployed people. Taking account of this and other factors the best estimates we have of the percentage effect of the employment measures listed is as follows:
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Estimated effect on unemployment count (% of those on Schemes) Employment Measure Per cent Community Programme 93 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 32 Job Release Scheme 88 Jobshare1 95 New Workers Scheme2 28 Community Industry 97 1 The Jobsplitting Scheme was relaunched as Jobshare on 1 April 1987. 2 The New Workers Scheme replaced the Young Workers Scheme in April 1986. The job training scheme is a training programme and not an employment measure.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the currently estimated gross and net costs for each financial year since 1982–83 for the
Gross Costs (£ million)1 1982–3 1983–4 1984–5 1985–6 Estimated outturn 1986–7 Supply Estimates 1987–8 Community Programme 155 394 524 667 1,043 1,045 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 2.4 25 79.6 104 143.4 199.3 Young Workers' Scheme2 41 58 41 32 — — New Workers' Scheme 0 0 0 0 9 18.5 Community lndustry 23 24 24 24 26 26.4 Job Release Scheme 211.8 258 280 187 109.5 83.8 Job Splitting Scheme3 0.04 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.58 0.770 1 Gross costs excluding administration costs. 2 Replaced in April 1986 by the New Workers Scheme. 3 The Job Splitting Scheme was relaunched as Jobshare on 1 April 1987.
Net Exchequer Costs Per Person no Longer unemployed 1982–3 1983–4 1984–5 1985–6 1986–7 1987–8 forecast Community Programme 1 1 1,950 1,950 2,000 2,050 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 1 1 1 1,600 2,000 2,300 Young Workers' Scheme2 1 1 2,400 1,400 1 1 New Workers' Scheme 1 1 1 1 1,300 1,300 Community Industry 1 1 1,450 1,500 1,550 1,600 Job Release Scheme 1 1 1,650 1,850 1,850 1,900 Job Splitting Scheme3 1 1 -200 -150 -150 -150 1 Figures are not available. 2 Replaced in April 1986 by the New Workers Scheme. 3 The Job Splitting Scheme was relaunched as Jobshare on 1 April 1987.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for the most recently available date, and in the table form used in column155, Official Report, 29 October 1986, if he will show for each Manpower Services Commission region, the number of people interviewed under the restart programme to show the numbers submitted to a job (and those who were employed), submitted to community programme (and those who started), allocated to restart courses (and those started), referred to the new job training scheme (and those started), referred to other training (and those started), referred to
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June 1986 to 25 September 1987 South East London South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorks and Humberside North West Northern Wales Scotland Interviews 212,311 271,082 119,612 283,053 212,140 235,253 378,912 182,092 136,283 276,059 Referrals Job 19,892 20,479 7,104 22,819 15,859 18,310 34,109 15,215 18,272 29,755 Community Programme 13,445 13,494 8,878 29,816 15,720 27,218 36,883 26,610 19,089 32,314 Restart Courses 17,170 22,455 15,498 25,744 21,878 19,764 37,600 24,055 19,847 30,005 New Job Training Scheme 11,665 10,629 6,011 13,852 12,536 13,116 15,175 9,400 5,863 11,913 Other Training 17,400 30,170 10,205 37,290 15,639 29,005 40,576 13,133 8,531 19,161 Jobclubs 15,630 21,302 8,797 19,457 14,604 15,368 30,780 14,397 11,833 23,099 Others 79,627 96,399 46,144 84,498 64,883 71,215 111,578 42,596 40,326 83,432 following special employment measures (i) the community programme (ii) the enterprise allowance scheme (iii) the young worker'scheme (iv) community industry,(v) the job release scheme and (vi)the job splitting scheme.
§ Mr. CopeThe gross and net costs are:
job clubs (and those who entered them) and those who agreed to follow up other options including claimant advisers, specialist Manpower Services Commission services and the enterprise allowance scheme.
§ Mr. CopeThe number of people interviewed under the restart programme, and the numbers referred to the various menu items by region are shown in the table. We do not know how many of those selected for interview are ultimately placed in a job or in a training scheme or programme.