§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women have attended job review workshops in each month since their inception; and what are the regional figures for attendance by (i) men and (ii) women at these workshops.
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Job Review Workshops April 1993—March 1994 Region Male/Female Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Regional Totals Northern Male 207 217 261 193 878 Female 60 68 84 67 279 Yorkshire and Humberside Male 693 707 662 614 2,676 Female 136 166 186 161 649 East Midlands Male 713 725 626 586 2,650 Female 174 155 124 136 589 London and South East Male 2,868 3,033 3,185 3,174 12,260 Female 823 951 957 1,040 3,771 South West Male 759 594 692 1,154 3,199 Female 186 167 169 315 837 Wales Male 267 207 249 293 1,016 Female 55 45 75 76 251 West Midlands Male 448 453 465 458 1,824 Female 83 90 129 131 433 North West Male 675 582 661 667 2,585 Female 156 166 140 168 630 Scotland Male 506 441 547 570 2,064 Female 153 168 190 191 702 National Male 7,136 6,959 7,348 7,709 29,152 Female 1,826 1,976 2,054 2,285 8,141
§ 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:
399WThe Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of men and women who have attended Job Review Workshops in each month since their inception and by region. I am replying in the Chief Executives absence.Job Review Workshops were launched in October 1991 to help newly unemployed people review their career path and set clear job goals suited to their skills, experience and preferences. The programme is particularly suitable for professional, managerial and executive jobseekers who want to consider alternative careers.Statistical data was collected monthly until March 1993. From April 1993 information has been collected on a quarterly basis.I attach tables which show, by region, the number of men and women attending the Workshops since their inception until March 1994.I hope this is helpful.
Job review workshops Region Male/Female April May June July August September October November December January February March Regional totals April 1992—March 1993 Northern Male 85 96 55 78 46 67 127 115 85 84 48 86 972 Female 19 28 23 14 28 11 56 38 11 31 8 16 283 Yorkshire and Humberside Male 175 245 148 200 176 187 262 251 183 250 175 225 2,477 Female 41 58 40 43 33 29 63 105 76 74 41 38 641 East Midlands Male 201 251 226 239 225 203 308 205 217 308 254 277 2,914 Female 36 69 41 53 39 43 51 52 23 38 57 71 573 London and South East Male 849 990 1,018 1,379 1,342 1,142 1,160 1,189 960 1,287 1,839 1,153 14,308 Female 257 233 262 402 393 327 334 358 305 382 489 357 4,099 South West Male 192 302 251 341 194 275 326 334 247 337 282 217 3,298 Female 46 74 40 72 30 54 73 81 51 84 69 59 733 Wales Male 42 183 72 126 43 117 106 124 64 134 48 97 1,156 Female 6 24 17 33 11 10 20 33 11 32 10 23 230 West Midlands Male 165 215 169 182 102 167 229 228 143 204 200 202 2,206 Female 24 53 24 44 15 18 38 32 20 27 39 45 379 North West Male 197 309 236 268 156 314 316 329 264 318 268 350 3,325 Female 46 68 38 63 45 60 72 64 41 62 60 48 667 Scotland Male 198 168 439 500 326 230 199 211 131 198 125 278 3,003 Female 53 41 51 62 58 58 51 69 36 50 37 85 651 National Male 2,104 2,759 2,614 3,313 2,610 2,702 3,033 2,986 2,294 3,120 3,239 2,885 33,659 Female 528 648 536 786 652 610 758 832 574 780 810 742 8,256 October 1991—March 1992 Northern Male — — — — — — 37 64 28 93 100 103 425 Female — — — — — — 10 15 8 20 33 19 105 Yorkshire and Humberside Male — — — — — — 34 93 126 153 185 270 861 Female — — — — — — 17 27 32 31 32 51 190 East Midlands Male — — — — — — 9 150 159 276 231 252 1,077 Female — — — — — — 3 27 25 46 39 46 186 London and South East Male — — — — — — 286 807 653 993 1,190 1,714 5,643 Female — — — — — — 79 206 149 233 363 413 1,443 South West Male — — — — — — 11 163 173 226 229 280 1,052 Female — — — — — — 14 27 33 56 54 46 230 Wales Male — — — — — — 105 117 70 112 166 154 724 Female — — — — — — 8 17 7 24 33 33 122 West Midlands Male — — — — — — 14 62 98 107 146 232 659 Female — — — — — — 5 5 13 25 30 56 134 North West Male — — — — — — 8 159 117 192 221 279 976 Female — — — — — — 2 39 16 45 51 69 222 Scotland Male — — — — — — 40 202 99 150 264 194 949 Female — — — — — — 20 90 30 45 88 57 330 National Male — — — — — — 544 1,817 1.523 2,302 2,732 3,478 12,396 Female — — — — — — 158 453 313 525 723 790 2,962
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women have participated in job plan workshops in (i) Great Britain and (ii) each region since their inception; and what evidence he has of positive outcomes nationally and regionally for those who attend job plan workshops.
§ 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: 400W
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of men and women who have attended Jobplan workshops since their inception and what evidence there is of positive outcomes for those attending. You asked for this information both for Great Britain and for each region. I am replying in the Chief Executive's absence.It may help if I explain that Jobplan workshops are for people who have been unemployed for a year who refuse or fail to take up a place on an Employment Department programme at their Restart interview. Jobplan aims to help people compete more successfully for jobs and opportunities by allowing them to review their strengths and skills, establish clear job goals and draw up a comprehensive Action Plan, setting out the steps they need to take to get back to work. People who leave Jobplan may go directly into jobs or, where appropriate, onto other options such as training or Jobclub, which will help them back into work. The rate of referral to jobs or other options is reported by Jobplan Workshop providers and has been a key element in monitoring their performance.401WJobplan Workshops were launched in April 1993. The tables in annex 1 and 2 show by region the number of men and women attending Jobplan and the rate of referrals to jobs or other opportunities achieved for 1993–94 and for April and May 1994. As you will see during 1993–94, 94 per cent. of workshop completers were referred to a job or an Employment Department employment or training programme or another option to help them back to work. This figure has risen to 96 per cent. in the first couple of months of this operational year. Comprehensive research into the longer term outcomes from Jobplan workshops in their first year of operation will be available later this year.I hope this is helpful.
Jobplan Workshops—Attenders and Positive Outcomes 1993–94 Attenders Positive Outcome Rate (Referrals) Per cent. Male Female Northern 14,124 2,613 91 Yorkshire and Humberside 18,568 3,489 94 East Midlands and Eastern 21,737 4,254 92 London and South East 96,755 21,425 95 South West 19449 4,073 93 Wales 9,414 1,655 90 West Midlands 23,286 4,803 94 North West 26,472 5,361 95 Scotland 20,316 4,013 91 National 250,121 51,686 94
Jobplan Workshops—Attenders and Positive Outcomes April and May 1994 Attenders Positive Outcome Rate (Referrals) Per cent. Male Female Northern 2,481 437 92 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,446 612 96 East Midlands and Eastern 3,038 611 93 London and South East 11,807 2,747 98 South West 2,798 580 94 Wales 1,693 270 94 West Midlands 3,210 721 96 North West 5,169 966 95 Scotland 3,280 598 92 National 36,922 7,542 96
Annex 2 Table showing the numbers of men and women who have left community action and the numbers who have directly entered paid employment 27 July 1993 to 27 May 1994 North West Yorkshire and Humber-side East Midlands and East London and South East South West West West Midlands North West South Great Britain Males Leavers 416 570 556 1,640 579 281 675 966 501 6,184 Female Leavers 66 115 118 460 105 82 196 160 117 1,419 Total Leavers 482 685 674 2,100 684 363 871 1,126 618 7,603 Males into work 42 70 73 259 95 38 79 60 45 761 Females into work 6 26 26 79 21 11 25 19 12 225 Total into work 48 96 99 338 116 49 104 79 57 986