HL Deb 17 November 1992 vol 540 cc42-6WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people during 1991 and 1992 were in receipt of the Youth Training Bridging Allowance for the maximum period of eight weeks.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment (Viscount Ullswater)

Responsibility for the subject of the Question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. The agency is therefore responding to the Question.

Letter from M. E. G. Fogden, Chief Executive, dated 17th November 1992:

As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your parliamentary Question about how many people during 1991 and 1992 were in receipt of the youth training bridging allowance for the maximum period of eight weeks. This is something which falls within the responsibili-ties delegated to me as chief executive of the agency.

Unfortunately the information you have asked for is not available in the format you requested. Figures on those in receipt of bridging allowance for the full

eight-week period are not available as there is no further breakdown of the information to give particular reasons as to why the claims to bridging allowance have ceased. However the attached tables show the bridging allowance figures collected each month, which give the total number of young people in receipt of bridging allowance and the number of terminations of bridging allowance in that period.

Terminations of bridging allowance may occur for a number of reasons. For example, a young person may no longer qualify for bridging allowance if he finds a Youth Training place or a job; if his eight-week entitlement is exhausted; or if he is sick.

I hope this is helpful.

As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Numbers in receipt of bridging allowance—by ES region January 1991 to October 1992
Northern Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands London & South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Total
January 1991 694 1,118 1,197 2,385 985 656 1,186 1,657 1,266 11,144
February 1991 928 1,502 1,785 3,728 1,424 919 1,716 2,390 1,787 16,179
March 1991 1,099 1,872 2,155 4,585 1,480 977 2,143 2,690 2,096 19,097
April 1991 1,052 1,813 1,898 3,980 1,217 890 2,024 2,535 2,537 17,946
May 1991 929 1,549 1,644 3,298 977 804 1,729 2,260 2,449 15,639
June 1991 797 1,286 1,391 2,845 856 703 1,126 2,047 2,092 13,143
July 1991 797 1,265 1,353 2,927 922 724 1,425 1,999 1,876 13,288
August 1991 758 1,320 1,460 3,101 943 747 1,489 2,033 1,742 13,593
September 1991 644 1,108 1,179 2,867 778 613 1,288 1,832 1,470 11,779
October 1991 566 909 963 2,515 712 562 1,109 1,536 1,272 10,144
November 1991 474 865 967 2,326 748 564 975 1,456 1,099 9,474
December 1991 410 777 994 2,186 765 492 919 1,454 1,088 9,085
January 1992 568 867 1,120 2,256 842 595 1,003 1,686 1,197 10,134
February 1992 1,699 1,723 898 3,658 1,202 958 1,287 1,722 2,329 15,476
March 1992 957 1,369 1,622 3,611 1,150 875 1,738 2,364 1,748 15,434
April 1992 850 1,279 1,581 3,070 982 750 1,590 2,118 1,620 13,840
May 1992 743 1,061 1,301 2,486 777 548 1,242 1,696 1,520 11,374
June 1992 667 932 1,015 2,099 625 464 1,080 1,570 1,635 10,087
July 1992 713 946 1,009 2,218 690 454 1,144 1,559 1,560 10,293
August 1992 609 1,015 1,070 2,432 793 515 1,222 1,483 1,325 10,464
September 1992 713 946 1,009 2,218 690 454 1,143 1,559 1,560 10,292
October 1992 490 702 840 1,971 611 439 908 1,189 1,154 8,304

Numbers of terminations of bridging allowance—by ES region January 1991-October 1992
Northern Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands & Eastern London & South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Total
January 1991 307 512 563 1,006 444 295 504 799 722 5,152
February 1991 499 773 667 1,356 593 427 756 1,079 939 7,089
March 1991 731 1,113 1,278 2,225 971 673 1,220 1,758 1,369 11,338
April 1991 608 1,011 1,168 2,303 812 538 1,133 1,526 1,255 10,354
May 1991 685 1,110 1,118 2,223 688 544 1,191 1,523 1,428 10,510
June 1991 707 1,131 1,171 2,170 704 599 1,228 1,630 1,825 11,165
July 1991 511 797 828 1,540 501 410 885 1,224 1,234 7,930
August 1991 469 742 737 1,531 466 413 749 1,126 1,152 7,385
September 1991 644 1,005 1,090 2,002 702 564 1,058 1,532 1,400 9,997
October 1991 439 703 720 1,542 440 381 731 1,059 903 6,918
November 1991 466 698 748 1,669 507 427 812 1,234 1,022 7,583
December 1991 313 572 568 1,284 430 354 565 889 666 5,641
January 1992 241 444 526 1,052 423 297 518 782 637 4,920
February 1992 862 811 493 1,631 660 480 760 978 1,295 7,970
March 1992 522 769 955 1,787 626 526 954 1,363 1,056 8,558

Northern Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands & Eastern London & South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland Total
April 1992 571 840 936 1,970 700 519 994 1,417 1,087 9,034
May 1992 645 925 1,048 2,025 696 564 1,084 1,441 1,174 9,602
June 1992 431 629 777 1,356 488 327 698 975 862 6,543
July 1992 423 580 614 1,165 388 286 623 929 968 5,976
August 1992 552 704 765 1,490 461 333 800 1,191 1,201 7,497
September 1992 403 612 642 1,327 459 314 672 869 895 6,193
October 1992 314 581 546 1,197 409 309 599 753 640 5,348