HC Deb 26 October 1994 vol 248 cc674-5W
Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employemnt (1) what is the average duration of time that people spent participating in job clubs; and how many people are currently in job clubs; and what analysis he has made of the wage rates and conditions that apply to the jobs obtained by job club leavers; and if he will make a statement;

(2) how many people have joined job clubs; how many have left; how many leavers got jobs, and how many entered another positive outcome (a) in each region and (b) in Great Britain as a whole (i) in the year to April 1994 and (ii) since April 1994.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility 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 Ms Clare Short, dated 26 October 1994: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about Jobclub performance and the wage rates and conditions for Jobclub leavers. The attached table shows for each region and nationally the number of Jobclub entrants, leavers, job entries and other positive

Jobclub Performance Information
N YH EME LSE SW OW WM NW OS National
Entrants
April 1993 — March 1994 14,342 21,567 21,676 79,594 18,743 13,616 23,954 32,362 23,253 249,107
April 1994 — August 1994 6,602 9,426 9,439 34,214 7,972 4,774 12,026 13,413 10,086 107,952
Leavers
April 1993 — March 1994 14,109 20,321 19,953 72,159 17,332 13,168 21,228 31,957 21,098 231,325
April 1994 — August 1994 6,777 9,498 9,604 34,084 8,217 4,650 11,461 14,324 9,771 108,386
Job Entries
April 1993 — March 1994 5,728 9,346 9,417 31,492 8,323 7,234 10,095 13,903 10,090 105,678
April 1994 — August 1994 2,859 4,461 4,104 15,115 3,947 2,524 5,347 5,793 4,700 48,850
Other Positive Outcomes
April 1993 — March 1994 1,515 2,779 2,616 9,286 2,404 1,875 3,272 3,465 2,780 29,992
April 1994 — August 1994 640 1,052 1,073 3,444 959 588 1,350 1,141 1,167 11,414

Abbreviations

  • N=Northern
  • YH=Yorkshire and Humberside
  • EME=East Midlands and Eastern
  • LSE=London and South East
  • SW=South West
  • WA=Office for Wales
  • WM=West Midlands
  • NW=North West
  • SC=Office for Scotland

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