HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 cc627-9W
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 May 1989.

Mr. Eggar

From May 1989 to November 1989, 81,725 people started ith a job club. During the same period,

May June July August September October November Total
Scotland
Starts 1,452 1,841 1,202 1,586 2,017 1,898 1,909 11,905
Total leavers 1,810 1,942 1,460 1,661 1,968 1,744 1,708 12,293
Job entries 1,043 1,116 777 923 1,161 1,005 981 7,006
Other positive outcomes 225 254 188 275 316 228 268 1,754
Northern
Starts 743 860 714 689 1,075 1,082 982 6,145
Total leavers 876 995 723 691 988 842 878 5,993
Job entries 460 496 367 355 485 434 414 3,011
Other positive outcomes 116 140 116 83 131 110 127 823
Yorkshire and Humberside
Starts 919 1,033 991 926 1,339 1,317 1,305 7,830
Total leavers 1,006 1,240 877 915 1,268 1,133 1,081 7,520
Job entries 621 712 500 537 723 692 661 4,446
Other positive outcomes 128 188 113 124 231 157 150 1,091
North West
Starts 1,731 2,050 1,588 1,689 2,210 2,185 2,400 13,853
Total leavers 1,968 2,096 1,722 1,705 2,121 1,910 1,930 13,452
Job entries 1,080 1,185 971 920 1,189 1,049 1,063 7,457
Other positive outcomes 250 263 234 247 337 265 268 1,864
East Midlands and Eastern
Starts 798 1,093 833 856 1,110 1,064 1,204 6,958
Total leavers 919 978 923 816 1,079 959 908 6,582
Job entries 568 610 537 476 679 590 545 4,005
Other positive outcomes 108 160 150 161 194 161 156 1,090
West Midlands
Starts 811 1,028 899 971 1,234 1,317 1,303 7,563
Total leavers 961 1,037 862 912 1,239 1,173 1,171 7,355
Job entries 495 562 451 503 627 647 624 3,909
Other positive outcomes 164 180 163 148 217 206 173 1,251
Wales
Starts 510 684 599 637 758 813 781 4,782
Total leavers 597 780 598 563 757 661 673 4,629
Job entries 381 397 355 326 448 394 408 2,709
Other positive outcomes 97 86 94 98 125 82 84 666
South West
Starts 527 547 451 518 605 608 727 3,983
Total leavers 580 608 471 460 563 557 555 3,794
Job entries 323 354 254 266 326 345 298 2,166
Other positive outcomes 66 95 78 70 100 84 79 572
London and South East
Starts 2,075 2,544 2,394 2,436 3,062 3,093 3,102 18,706
Total leavers 2,276 2,617 2,389 2,277 2,777 2,615 2,670 17,621
Job entries 1,119 1,133 926 1,008 1,303 1,277 1,254 8,020

there were 79,239 leavers, of whom 42,729 left to start work, a further 11,954 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 referrals 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.

May June July August September October November Total
Other positive outcomes 333 442 396 374 502 360 436 2,843
National
Starts 9,566 11,680 9,671 10,308 13,410 13,377 13,713 81,725
Total leavers 10,993 12,293 10,025 10,000 12,760 11,594 11,574 79,239
Job entries 6,090 6,565 5,138 5,314 6,941 6,433 6,248 42,729
Other positive outcomes 1,487 1,808 1,532 1,580 2,153 1,653 1,741 11,954