§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women have (i) participated in job clubs each year since the scheme started and (ii) have attended job search seminars both in Great Britain and in each region in each quarter since their inception.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. G. Johnson to Mr. Tony Lloyd, dated 21 July 1994:
Table B—Number of attenders in job search seminars from August 1991 Quarter ending Regions Total NR YH EM LSE SW OW WM NW SC September 1991 126 — 9 360 126 111 142 272 128 1,274 December 1991 675 987 1,173 4,059 1,409 884 998 1,495 2,107 13,787 March 1992 1,238 1,650 1,705 5,937 2,315 962 1,587 2,123 2,053 19,570 June 1992 1,156 1,499 1,789 6,321 2,217 950 1,740 2,492 2,015 20,179 September 1992 1,174 1,744 1,828 7,158 2,355 1,076 1,707 2,818 2,267 22,127 December 1992 1,227 2,083 1,855 7,567 2,421 1,193 1,771 2,890 1,959 22,966 March 1993 1,396 1,976 2,246 7,914 1,005 690 1,120 2,930 1,658 20,935 June 1993 1,023 1,974 1,813 6,017 712 635 936 2,041 1,368 16,519 September 1993 747 1,554 1,165 6,611 1,392 684 1,051 1,482 1,163 15,849 December 1993 847 1,726 1,110 6,762 1,791 547 1,463 1,437 1,485 17,168 March 1994 954 1,774 1,069 8,209 3,040 601 1,194 1,326 1,113 19,280 Key NR=Northern Region. EM=East Midlands and Eastern. SW=South West. WM=West Midlands. OS=Office for Scotland. YH=Yorkshire and Humberside. LSE=London and South East. OW=Office for Wales. NW=North West.