§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each region and for Great Britain as a whole how many people(a) were members of job clubs on 1 April 1989, (b) have joined job clubs since 1 April 1989 to the latest possible date and (c) have left job clubs since 1 April 1989 to the latest possible date; what were their destinations showing how many entered jobs; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Tim EggarOn 1 April 1989, 26,773 people were members of job clubs. The other figures requested and the required breakdowns are given in the following table.
I am very encouraged by the continuing success of job clubs. Over 350,000 people have participated in the programme since it started five years ago. More than 200,000 people have found jobs and over 50,000 have achieved other positive outcomes.
The programme will continue to have an important role in helping longer-term unemployed people and we are taking steps to strengthen it further by introducing pilot projects to establish ways of providing effective help to people not at present able to benefit from job clubs, notably those with severe literacy or language problems.
agricultural inspectors (first three years). The number of "trainee" inspectors in these grades expressed as a percentage of the total number of factory and agricultural inspectors in post in HSE are as follows (1 April figures):
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Per cent. 1984 0.0 1985 6.4 1986 11.8 1987 14.9 1988 12.0
Per cent. 1989 12.7 11990 14.9 1 January. Apart from this a wide range of training is provided (internally or externally) both for new recruits and for more experienced staff, in the various occupational groups employed by HSE.