§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have taken part in job clubs in this and each preceding year; in each year, how many got jobs at the end; and how many of those were still in work six months later.
§ Mr. McLoughlinResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Frank Dobson, dated 1 March 1993:
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 to her about Jobclub statistics. This is something which falls within the responsibilities she has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.The statistics for the number of people who have taken part in Jobclubs (throughflow) and the number who have got jobs (job entries) are detailed in the attached table. Figures are given from 1985–86, which was the first year for which national statistics were collected.43WWe do not collect information on the number of people who were still in work after six months. To do so would require expensive tracking mechanisms at a disproportionate cost.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 also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
Jobclub Operational year 1985–86 to January 1993 Throughflow Job entries 1985–86 1,994 1,267 1986–87 20,606 12,364 1987–88 105,677 57,080 1988–89 132,262 71,495 1989–90 140,095 72,977 1990–91 134,712 65,498 1991–92 176,140 76,831 1992–931 180,173 80,446 Total 891,659 437,958 1 April 1992 to January 1993.