HC Deb 15 November 1988 vol 140 cc598-600W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many filled places on each of the following programmes for each standard Great Britain region, including Greater London, there were at the end of May, June July and August: community programme, enterprise allowance scheme, youth training scheme, young workers scheme, job release scheme, jobshare scheme, new job training scheme and jobstart allowance.

Mr. Nicholls

The information is provided as a series of tables:

Community Programme Table 1
Enterprise Allowance Scheme Table 2
Youth Training Scheme Table 3
New Workers Scheme Table 4
Job Release Scheme Table 5
Jobshare Scheme Table 6
New Job Training Scheme Table 7
Jobstart Allowance Table 8

Regional breakdowns have been provided in every case although it is not possible to provide regional breakdowns that are consistent across all the programmes.

Community programme
May June July August
South-East 9,624 9,202 8,782 8,157
London 14,274 14,048 13,575 12,717
South-West 13,783 13,148 12,649 11,798
West Midlands 25,038 24,169 23,879 23,077
East Midlands and Eastern 16,340 15,665 14,822 14,640
Yorkshire and Humberside 25,140 24,235 23,654 22,966
North-West 35,453 34,466 33,493 32,710
Northern 28,055 27,559 27,360 27,636
Wales 19,688 19,679 19,208 18,490
Scotland 31,033 30,406 29,940 28,635
Great Britain 218,428 212,577 207,380 200,826
Great Britain including Charities Initiatives 219,262 213,365 208,129 201,547

Enterprise Allowance Scheme
May June July August
South-East and London 22,940 22,727 22,634 22,459
South-West 9,900 9,922 9,804 9,819
West Midlands 9,118 9,017 9,024 9,041
East Midlands 9,060 9,133 9,157 9,108
Yorkshire and Humberside 8,996 8,993 9,118 9,108
North-West 14,124 14,120 14,095 14,024
Northern 5,206 5,829 5,324 5,369
Wales 5,834 5,258 5,905 6,009
Scotland 8,595 8,515 8,448 8,398
Great Britain 93,782 93,514 93,510 93,328

Youth Training Scheme
May June July August
South-East 40,243 40,453 43,210 43,677
London 20,128 20,352 20,825 21,749
South-West 29,546 30,221 33,027 33,251
West Midlands 43,952 46,310 51,359 51,359
East Midlands and Eastern 44,808 47,530 51,312 51,934
Yorkshire and Humberside 42,360 46,339 49,918 50,673
North-West 56,012 60,867 65,184 66,748
Northern 26,996 29,829 31,905 32,550
Wales 22,535 23,339 24,382 24,734
Scotland 43,269 46,792 47,423 49,166
Great Britain 369,849 392,032 418,545 425,841

New workers scheme
May June July August
South-East and London 384 332 219 219
South-West 900 830 770 700
Midlands 2,743 2,584 2,464 2,200
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,514 1,385 1,353 1,150
North-West 3,031 2,767 2,692 2,545
Northern 1,238 1,138 1,110 1,050
Wales 1,458 1,358 1,255 1,131
Scotland 1,341 1,204 1,151 1,050
Great Britain 12,609 11,598 11,014 9,945

Job release scheme
May June July August
South-East and London 2,977 2,741 2,502 2,318
South-West 1,303 1,220 1,119 1,055
Midlands 3,277 3,041 2,757 2,544
Yorkshire and Humberside 2,496 2,347 2,182 2,046
North-West 2,600 2,431 2,233 2,064
Northern 638 596 547 494
Wales 559 533 497 471
Scotland 1,089 1,010 911 820
Great Britain 14,939 13,919 12,748 11,812

Jobshare Scheme
May June July August
South-East and London 16 14 14 12
South-West 26 23 22 20
Midlands 111 103 79 73
Yorkshire and Humberside and Northern 207 187 186 168
North-west 188 153 119 111
Wales 85 77 75 69
Scotland 28 28 29 25
Great Britain 661 585 524 478
New Job Training Scheme
May June July August
South-East 3,088 3,105 2,774 2,726
London 3,066 2,842 2,759 3,065
South-West 2,421 2,416 2,528 2,541
West Midlands 3,265 3,300 3,078 3,227
East Midlands and Eastern 2,945 2,736 3,303 3,824
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,429 4,882 4,565 4,995
North-West 4,373 4,374 4,317 4,453
Northern 2,796 2,968 3,048 2,670
Wales 1,583 1,499 1,849 1,874
Scotland 2,999 2,774 3,438 2,514
Great Britain 30,965 30,896 31,659 31,889

Note:

The post May in-training figures for NJTS include an estimate of the number of trainees on employment training Lead Development Projects who would otherwise have been on NJTS.

The estimated figures are as follows: June—2,100, July—3,041, August—2,865.

Jobstart allowance
May June July August
South-East and London 153 148 153 123
South-West 88 78 77 78
West Midlands 305 288 288 269
East Midlands and Eastern 216 214 224 194
Yorkshire and Humberside 324 316 297 256
North-West 537 539 538 481
Northern 248 242 247 230
Wales 204 205 201 187
Scotland 355 341 339 326
Great Britain 2,430 2,371 2,364 2,144