HC Deb 22 December 1997 vol 303 cc500-3W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish an analysis of grades achieved in English Literature in 1997 examinations including a breakdown of each English examining board's modular results. [21596]

Dr. Howells

The information requested in respect of GCE A levels is shown in the following table.

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 18 December 1997]: Details of the expenditure and starts for each employment programme delivered by the Employment Service for which information is available are set out in the following table. Expenditure is given in cash terms and at the latest available prices July 1997. Projections for individual programmes for 1998–99 are still under discussion with the Employment Service.

Employment Service, Employment Programmes
1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Programmes Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 1997 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million
Young Workers Scheme — 0.5 0.8 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Community Action — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Release Schemes — 69.8 108.1 — 40.3 58.5 — 18.7 25.4
Job Review Workshops — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Splitting Scheme — 0.4 0.6 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobclub 106 11.3 17.5 132 18.7 27.1 145 19.7 26.7
Jobfinder's Grant — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobmatch — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobplan Workshops — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobsearch seminars — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobshare — — 0.0 — 0.2 0.3 — 0.1 0.1
Jobstart Allowances — — 0.0 — 3.9 5.7 — 4.5 6.1
National Development Programme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
New Workers Scheme — 15 23.2 — 4.4 6.4 — — 0.0
Programme Development Fund — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programme Centres — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Project Work — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Restart 90 8 12.4 64 5 7.3 64 5.3 7.2
Travel to Interview — 0.5 0.8 — 1 1.5 — 0.7 0.9
Work Trials — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Workstart — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Workwise — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programmes for PWD's1 18.4 91.6 141.9 23.2 99.8 144.9 25.9 110.1 149.4
1990–91 1991–92
Programmes Opps/Starts 000s Cash spend £ million July 1997 prices £ million Opps/Starts 000s Cash Spend £ million July 1997 prices £ million
Young Workers Scheme 0.0 — — 0.0
Community Action — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Release Schemes — 9.5 11.9 — — 0.0
Job Review Workshops — — 0.0 15 1.2 1.4
Job Splitting Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobclub 140 21.8 27.4 189 29.7 35.1
Jobfinder's Grant — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobmatch — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobplan Workshop — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobsearch seminars — — 0.0 35 2.4 2.8
Jobshare — 0.1 0.1 — — 0.0
Jobstart Allowance — 2.5 3.1 — — 0.0
National Development Programme — — 0.0 — — 0.0
New Workers Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programme Development Fund — 1.8 2.3 — 2.7 3.2
Programme Centres — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Project Work — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Restart 58 6 7.5 134 10.6 12.5
Travel to Interview — 0.6 0.8 — 0.9 1.1
Work Trials — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Workstart — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Workwise — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programmes for PWD's1 26.5 129.5 162.7 26.9 141.9 167.6
1 Programmes for People with Disabilities (PWD's) include, Rehtibilitation, Access to Work, Job Introcuction and Supported Employment.
1992–93 1993–94 1993–94
Programmes Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 1997 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 1997 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 £million
Young Workers Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Community Action — — 0.0 23 14.4 15.9 48 93 100.9
Job Release Schemes — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Review Workshops 40 3.8 4.3 37 3 3.3 37 2.2 2.4
Job Splitting Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobclub 220 38.7 43.9 249 40.8 44.9 266 42.7 46.3
Jobfinder's Grant — — 0.0 — — 0.0 5 0.7 0.8
Jobmatch — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Programmes Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 1997 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million
Jobplan Workshops — — 0.0 301 27.8 30.6 248 24.5 26.6
Jobsearch seminars 86 5 5.7 69 4.7 5.2 66 4.4 4.8
Jobshare — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobstart Allowance — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
National Development Fund — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
New Workers Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programme Development Fund — 5 5.7 — 3.8 4.2 — 1 1.1
Programme Centres — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Project Work — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Restart 120 10.9 12.4 143 10 11.0 147 11.4 12.4
Travel to Interview — 1.5 1.7 — 1.7 1.9 — 2 2.2
Work Trials — — 0.0 14 1.2 1.3 18 1.1 1.2
Workstart — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — 1 1.1
Workwise — — 0.0 — — 0.0 10 2 2.2
Programmes for PWD's1 35.9 159.5 180.8 37.9 159.2 175.3 42.8 174.8 189.6
1995–96 1996– 1997–
Programmes Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 1997 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million Opps/Starts 000's Cash Spend £ million July 97 Prices £ million
Young Workers Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Community Action — 74 78.1 — 2 2.1 — — 0.0
Job Release Schemes — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Review Workshops 31 1.9 2.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Job Splitting Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobclub 240 42.2 44.6 189 35 36.0 160 30.0 30
Jobfinder's Grant 12 2.3 2.4 17 4 4.1 20 4 4.0
Jobmatch 2 2 2.1 3 4 4.1 4 3 3.0
Jobplan Workshops 165 17.1 18.1 144 15 15.4 93 10 10.0
Jobsearch seminars 60 3.5 3.7 62 5 5.1 79 5 5.0
Jobshare 0 0 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Jobstart Allowance — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
National Development Fund — 0.3 0.3 — 0.4 0.4 — 0.9 0.9
New Workers Scheme — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Programme Development Fund 0 1 1.1 — 1 1.0 — 0.1 0.1
Programme Centres — — 0.0 — — 0.0 — — 0.0
Project Work — — 0.0 — 4 4.1 63 69 69.0
Restart 105 9.3 9.8 77 7 7.2 45 5 5.0
Travel to Interview — 2 2.1 38 1 1 38 1 1.0
Work Trials 29 1.8 1.9 28 1 1.0 30 1 1.0
Workstart — 1 1.1 — 1 1.0 — — 0.0
Workwise 28 5.7 6.0 26 6 6.2 20 5 5.0
Programmes for PWD's1 45.6 183.7 194.0 42.6 177.2 182.1 41.3 181.2 181.2
1 Programmes for People with disabilitites(PWD's)include,Rehabilitation,Access to Work, Job Introduction and Supported Employment.