§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment when the internal working group was set up in Scotland to develop Employment Service services for Employment Service clients living in rural areas.
§ 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. Malcolm Bruce, dated 10 February 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me, in the absence on business of the Chief Executive, to reply to your question about when the internal working group was set up in Scotland.The working group was established to address issues concerning the provision of Employment Service programmes and services in rural areas and to look at ways in which improvements could be made to assist our clients in these areas. The first meeting was held on 25 November 1994.I hope this is helpful.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list by region those areas which have access to Employment Service freephone services in Scotland;
(2) if he will list by region the number of mobile jobcentres operating in Scotland;
(3) if he will list by region which press and radio are used to publicise Employment Service services in Scotland.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. G. Johnson to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 10 February 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me, in the absence on business of the Chief Executive, to reply to your questions about Scotland concerning the areas which have access to Employment Service (ES) 469W freephone services, the number of mobile Jobcentres, and press and radio used to publicise ES services.The information you require is listed, by Regional and Island Council Authorities, in the following tables.I hope this is helpful.
Table 1: Freephone services for clients in Scotland Regional authority Jobcentre Area served Strathclyde Campbeltown Kintyre Islay Jura Gigha Oban Lochgilphead Inverary Tarbet Coll Colonsay Iona Mull Tiree Kilmarnock A Irvine Valley Stewarton Kilmamock B Kilmaurs Kilwinning Dalry Borders Eyemouth Roxburgh and Berwickshire Hawick Kelos Galashiels Ettrick Lauderdale Peeblesshire Shetland Islands Council Lerwick Shetland Isles Lothian Portobello Craigmillar Highland Inverness Inverness Ullapool Drumnadrochit Gairloch Aviemore Grantown on Spey Black Isle 470W
Table 2: Mobile jobcentre for clients in Scotland Regional authority Jobcentre Area served Fife Cupar Auchtermuchty Newburgh Leven Anstruther Kirkcaldy Burntisland Dunfermline Dalgety Bay Valleyfield Rosyth Kincardine Cowdenbeath Cardenden Kinross Lochore 471W
Table 3: Press and radio publicity in Scotland Regional authority Press/Radio Strathclyde Gryffe Weekly News Paisley Gazette Paisley Express Lanark Gazette Wishaw Press Motherwell Times Lanarkshire People Lanarkshire World Clyde Weekly News Daily Record Glasgow Herald Glasgow Evening Times Drumchapel News County Reporter Oban Times The Star Lennox Herald Irvine Times Irvine Herald Cumnock Chronicle Ayr Advertiser Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald Troon Times Carrick Herald Kilmarnock Standard Ayrshire Leader Ayrshire Post Arran Banner Largs and Millport Weekly Garnock Herald Greenock Telegraph Clyde Post The Buteman Dunoon Observer Glaswegian East End Independent Hamilton Advertiser Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser East Kilbride News Wishaw Press Rutherglen Reformer Lanarkshire World Southside Extra Castlemilk Free Press Scottish Jobs East End Independent Cumbemauld News Kirkintilloch Advertiser Radio Clyde Q96 West Sound Radio Borders Southern Reporter Pebblesshire News Borders Telegraph Hawick News Berwickshire News Tayside Courier and Advertiser (Dundee) Evening Telegraph (Dundee) Perthshire Advertiser Blairgowrie Advertiser Arbroath Herald Montrose Review Tayside Business News Radio Tay Fife Fife Free Press Courier and Advertiser (Fife) East Fife Mail Fife Leader Dunfermline Press
Table 3: Press and radio publicity in Scotland Regional authority Press/Radio Dunfermline Extra Central Fife Times Dunfermline Herald and Post Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Standard Galloway Gazette Wigtown Free Press Dumfries Courier Annandale Herald Annandale Observer Central Stirling Observer Falkirk Herald Alloa Advertiser Lothian Edinburgh Evening News Wester Hailes Sentinel Portobello Advertiser East Lothian Toun Crier Craigmillar Festival Society News Midlothian Advertiser Lothian Times Lothian News Lothian Courier Herald and Post Musselburgh News Radio Forth Hailes FM (Wester Hailes) Highland Press and Journal Northern Scot Highland News Ross-shire Journal Lochaber Life John O'Groats Journal Fort William Star Moray Firth Radio BBC Highland Moray Firth Radio Nevis Radio Grampian Press and Journal Evening Express Fraserburgh Herald Buchan Observer Shetland Islands Council Shetland Shetland Radio Western Isles Island Stornoway Gazette Radio FM Orkney Islands Council The Orcadian BBC Radio Orkney
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the timetable for linking(a) libraries, (b) community centres and (c) other focal points in rural communities to the Employment Service
computer network;
(2) what system is in place to ensure that vacancy displays in post offices, libraries, community centres and 472W other focal points in rural communities are regularly updated.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. G. Johnson to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 10 February 1995.
The Secretary of State has asked me, in the absence on business of the Chief Executive, to reply to your questions about the systems used to update vacancy displays in rural locations and the timetable for linking such locations to the Employment Service (ES) computer network.The currency of vacancies in Jobcentres is one of the standards of performance outlined in the ES Jobseeker's Charter. Our aim is that when clients look at our job vacancy boards, they will find the vacancies up to date and available.Where vacancies are displayed at locations other than Jobcentres such as libraries or community centres, this aim may be achieved by way of local agreements with the relevant organisations who, on our instruction, remove old vacancies and replace them with new ones. Alternatively, one of my officers will travel to visit the location to update the displays. In some cases, depending on the distances between the Jobcentre and the vacancy display, both activities will take place.There are no plans to link these outside locations to our present computerised vacancy handling system, "Supervacs".