§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many applications for a jobfinder's grant have been(a) approved and (b) not approved; and what were the gross weekly wages of those approved in gradations of £10 for (i) each standard region and (ii) Great Britain. [18746]
§ Mr. ForthResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
43WLetter from Mike Fogden to Mr. Terry Rooney, dated 4 March 1996:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about the Jobfinder's Grant.
I attach a table (Table 1) showing how many Jobfinder's Grants have been applied for and have been awarded nationally and by Employment Service region since the programme was introduced on 18 April (22 May in Yorkshire and Humberside region, where a more flexible variant to the programme is being piloted) up to 2 February 1996, which is the latest date for which figures are available.
I also attach a table (Table 2) showing the latest information about the gross weekly wage level of grant recipients.
I hope this is helpful.
Table 2: Jobfinder's Grant Wage London and South-east South-west Wales West Midlands North-west Scotland Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands National total £10–19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 £20–29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 £30–39 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 13 £40–49 7 2 5 1 5 1 2 24 8 55 £50–59 9 9 12 11 20 0 10 46 22 139 £60–69 25 11 13 23 31 4 11 28 22 168 £70–79 25 14 7 21 27 5 28 26 31 184 £80–89 33 23 21 45 43 9 50 25 40 289 £90–99 54 45 29 36 71 29 44 21 54 383 £100–109 105 56 49 95 95 41 76 44 133 694 £110–119 90 34 38 89 80 73 64 29 95 592 £120–129 196 115 109 266 262 148 119 96 274 1,585 £130–139 192 86 62 178 196 75 113 50 186 1,138 £140–149 277 125 121 259 243 91 82 47 292 1,537 £150–159 90 24 21 60 41 23 14 54 85 412 £160–169 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 53 2 67 £170–179 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 19 0 24 £180–189 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 23 2 31 £190–199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 £200–209 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 0 39 £210–219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 £220–229 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 £230–239 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 £240–249 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 £250–259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 £260–269 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £270–279 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 £280–289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 £290–299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £300+ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 1,115 549 488 1,091 1,119 505 616 668 1,250 7,401 1. The source of this information is a database held by the company contracted to evaluate the Jobfinder's Grant, on the basis of 7,401 grant recipients inputted to the database up to the end of December 1995.
2. In Yorkshire and Humberside variations on the national scheme are being piloted, allowing part-time jobs and jobs paying up to £250 a week to qualify for the award of a grant.