§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many(a) men and (b) women have participated in community action in each month since its inception;
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women who have participated in community action have found work.
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§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for the subject of the questions 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. Tony Lloyd, dated 8 March 1994.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about the numbers of men and women who have participated in Community Action and the numbers of men and women who have found work as a result of participation.Community Action provides people who have been out of work for 12 months or more with the opportunity to gain recent work experience combined with individually tailored help in looking for jobs. This enables them to compete for jobs more effectively.The attached table gives the numbers of men and women who participate in Community Action during each month since the programme began on 27 July.By the end of January a total of 6,995 men and 1,573 women had received help through Community Action. Of these, 5,916 men and 1,362 women were still participating in the programme, 153 men and 27 women left the programme and went directly into paid employment.I hope this is helpful.
Table showing number of people helped by community action during each month since the programme began Men Women Total July 36 0 39 August 96 13 109 September 258 35 293 October 1,083 207 1,290 November 2,547 566 3,113 December 4,070 857 4,927 January 6,397 1,464 7,861