§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms and individuals have been involved in work trials in the parliamentary constituency of Derbyshire, North-East since the inception of the scheme; how many people have been placed in permanent employment on(a) a full-time and (b) a part-time basis as a consequence; and if he will make a statement.
§ 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.
42WLetter from M.E.G. Fogden to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 10 January 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about Work Trials in the parliamentary constituency of North East Derbyshire.Although performance information is not recorded on a constituency basis, North Derbyshire is broadly covered by the Employment Service Jobcentres in Clay Cross, Dronfield, Eckington and Staveley. Since inception of the Work Trial scheme in April 1993, these offices have signed agreements with 45 employers and run 102 Work Trials which have resulted in 70 placings.Records of the break-down of these placings into full and part time work are not maintained by the majority of Work Trials are for full time positions of over 16 hours a week.I hope this is helpful.