§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, how many individual child care allowances are being received by lone parent employment training participants; and how many were granted or refused for each of the latest available three months.
§ Mr. NichollsThe estimated proportions of trainees receiving child care allowances at the end of June, the latest date for which information is available, are given in the table. The latest in training figures, at 13 October 1989, has been provided for each region. Information is not available on the number of child care allowances granted or refused for each of the latest available three months.
Employment Training Trainees in receipt of Child Care Allowances Region Per cent.1 Number2 South East 3 14,900 London 4 20,500 South West 3 12,100 West Midlands 2 23,500 East Midlands and Eastern 2 16,900 Yorkshire and Humberside 2 25,200 North West 2 28,800 Northern 1 24,300 Wales 1 16,600 Scotland 2 25,300 Great Britain 2 209,000 1 Proportion receiving child care allowances 30 June 1989. 2 Numbers in training 13 October 1989.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, what are the monthly statistics for each month since January showing the results of new client adviser interviews with people who want to register as unemployed showing(a) the number of claims not pursued at the reception stage, (b) the number of clients who do not attend for interviews, (c) the number of claims not pursued at the interview broken down into the following categories: (i) those entering employment, (ii) those not available for work and not intending to claim an 2W alternative benefit, (iii) those appropriate to alternative benefits and (iv) other, and (d) the number of submissions to vacancies, (e) the number of referrals to employment training, (f) the number of availability referrals, (g) the number of referrals to specialists, namely DRO, CA, (h) the number of referrals to job clubs and (i) the number of referrals to EAS.
§ Mr. EggarAs the information requested is contained in a large number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member, and place a copy of my letter in the Library.