Job Clubs (Hansard, 25 July 1989)

§ Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the latest number of(a) referrals to job clubs, (b) the number of starts with job clubs, (c) the number of job club leavers and (d) the number of job club leavers getting jobs, or becoming unemployed for Great Britain and each training agency region for each month since September 1988.

	Northern	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands and Eastern	London and South East	South West	Wales	West Midlands	North West	Scotland	Great Britain
September 1988
Starts	824	984	1,007	2,309	489	696	1,095	1,894	1,743	11,041
Total leavers	799	1,069	1,087	2,640	560	797	1,452	2,209	1,790	12,403
Of which:
Jobs	418	592	679	1,246	310	453	721	1,204	1,007	6,630
Other positive outcomes	163	224	192	445	107	159	262	423	321	2,296
Reasons not recorded	218	253	216	949	143	185	469	582	462	3,477
October 1988
Starts	669	1,036	958	2,241	514	792	998	2,108	1,535	10,851
Total leavers	695	987	899	2,258	435	713	1,034	2,025	1,548	10,594
Of which:
Jobs	393	583	532	1,032	247	387	509	1,150	891	5,724
Other positive outcomes	124	163	197	362	95	154	175	353	218	1,841
Reasons not recorded	178	241	170	864	93	172	350	522	439	3,029
November 1988
Starts	794	1,056	998	2,570	631	845	1,084	2,123	1,587	11,688
Total leavers	718	904	883	2,264	488	700	1,050	1970	1,417	10,394
Of which:
Jobs	398	544	531	1,053	259	382	570	1,111	831	5,679
Other positive outcomes	113	178	166	368	96	139	173	307	197	1,737
Reasons not recorded	207	182	186	843	133	179	307	552	389	2,978
December 1988
Starts	476	689	620	1,683	335	454	782	1,148	1,022	7,209
Total leavers	489	770	707	1,895	409	532	749	1,418	1,254	8,223
Of which:
Jobs	255	444	456	850	217	282	365	779	719	4,367
Other positive outcomes	81	106	110	296	76	99	144	223	209	1,344
Reasons not recorded	153	220	141	749	116	151	240	416	326	2,512
January 1989
Starts	902	1,213	1,007	2,550	703	851	1,497	2,300	1,407	12,430
Total leavers	646	849	835	2,067	457	683	1,002	1,650	1,182	9,371
Of which:
Jobs	325	462	474	937	240	361	498	882	651	4,830
Other positive outcomes	123	147	172	332	100	142	153	277	185	1,631
Reasons not recorded	198	240	189	798	117	180	351	491	346	2,910

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§ Mr. Lee

From September 1988 to May 1989, 100,440 people started with a job club. During the same period, there were 98,159 leavers, of whom 52,917 left to start work, with a further 15,794 going on to some other positive outcome such as training, education or self-employment. Regional and monthly breakdowns are given in the table.

Because of the very large number of potential referral points, the employment service does not keep statistics of referrals. All job club members are unemployed and separate records are not kept of the number remaining out of work on ceasing to attend.

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	Northern	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands and Eastern	London and South East	South West	Wales	West Midlands	North West	Scotland	Great Britain
February 1989
Starts	939	1,204	1,121	2,875	705	835	1,450	2,446	2,072	13,647
Total leavers	754	999	893	2,350	530	725	1,171	2,025	1,460	10,907
Of which:
Jobs	442	566	548	1,156	296	382	637	1,127	831	5,985
Other positive outcomes	110	166	175	400	104	142	198	332	234	1,861
Reasons not recorded	202	267	170	794	130	201	336	566	395	3,061
March 1989
Starts	873	1,096	1,034	2,703	660	680	1,104	2,297	1,957	12,404
Total leavers	927	1,161	1,126	3,057	711	807	1,558	2,535	1,920	13,802
Of which:
Jobs	520	687	683	1,374	395	464	719	1,349	1,125	7,316
Other positive outcomes	160	149	198	444	99	121	201	356	296	2,024
Reasons not recorded	247	325	245	1,239	217	222	638	830	499	4,462
April 1989
Starts	811	1,160	944	2,417	586	663	982	2,184	1,857	11,604
Total leavers	894	1,112	863	2,575	582	725	911	2,109	1,701	11,472
Of which:
Jobs	477	667	568	1,120	329	425	508	1,158	1,044	6,296
Other positive outcomes	137	141	136	352	81	86	128	307	205	1,573
Reasons not recorded	280	304	159	1,103	172	214	275	644	452	3,603
May 1989
Starts	743	919	798	2,075	527	510	811	1,731	1,452	9,566
Total leavers	876	1,006	919	2,276	580	597	961	1,968	1,810	10,993
Of which:
Jobs	460	621	568	1,119	323	381	495	1,080	1,043	6,090
Other positive outcomes	116	128	108	333	66	97	164	250	225	1,487
Reasons not recorded	300	257	243	824	191	119	302	638	542	3,416