HC Deb 03 May 1988 vol 132 cc357-8W
30. Mr. Carrington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of job clubs.

Mr. Lee

The job club programme has made significant progress over the last 18 months. At 31 March 1988 a total of 1,204 job clubs were open, compared with only 254 in October 1986. The number of people helped in 1986–87 was 25,695. In 1987–88 the number helped rose to 105,677 of which 57,080 (54 per cent.) went into jobs and a further 14,521 (14 per cent.) went into training, the community programme or enterprise allowance scheme.