§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people went on the job interview guarantee scheme in this and each preceding year; and in each year how many people completed the scheme, how many went into employment from the scheme and how many were in employment 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 about the Job 42W Interview Guarantee (JIG) initiative. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.The information we are able to give you is set out on the attached table which records the numbers of people assisted and the numbers of people who were placed directly in work through JIG.We do not collect statistical information on how many people completed the JIG initiative or on how many people who went into employment from the scheme were in employment six months later. To do so would necessitate expensive 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.
Job interview guarantee September 1989 to January 1993 People assisted People placed 11989–91 19,632 5,324 1991–92 134,296 39,960 April 1992–93 159,285 63,603 Total 313,213 108,887 1 From September 1989 to March 1991 JIG was piloted in 20 inner city areas only.