§ Mr. Allen AdamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what conclusions he draws from his Department's statistical information on whether assistance to the long-term unemployed is better provided by employment service jobcentres or private job clubs.
§ Mr. Lee[holding answer 17 April 1989]: At the end of February 1989, the job entry rate, or percentage of people leaving job clubs to go into jobs, was 56 per cent. for employment service job clubs against 52 per cent. from external job clubs. However the gap in performance is
Date North West Great Britain Number into jobs Number into other positive outcomes Per cent. into total positive outcomes Number into jobs Number into other positive outcomes Per cent. into total positive outcomes Year to 31 March 1987 2,280 611 71 10,910 2,364 73 Year to 31 March 1988 10,623 2,709 69 57,080 14,883 68 11 months to 27 February 1989 11,590 3,307 70 64,179 18,032 69 Note: Other positive outcomes include training, full-time education, self-employment, a place on community programme and now employment training.