HC Deb 02 June 1997 vol 295 cc75-6W
Mr. Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the expenditure by the North London district of the Employment Service excluding administration costs, at cash and constant prices, in each year since 1987–88 on(a) Training for Work, and the programmes it replaced, (b) Youth Training and Modern Apprenticeships, and the earlier YTS, (c) the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, (d) Jobclubs, (e) Restart courses, Jobplan workshops and Workwise, and (f) Community Action; and if he will make a statement. [839]

Mr. Alan Howarth

[holding answer 22 May 1997]: Responsibility 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 Leigh Lewis to Mr. Bernie Grant, dated 2 June 1997: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question regarding expenditure by the North London District of the Employment Service on a number of programmes since 1987. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. The table below outlines expenditure by the North London District of the Employment Service on Jobclubs, Restart, Jobplan, Workwise and Community Action since 1993. I will turn to the other programmes you mention later. I should explain that we have only provided information going back to 1993 because it is our policy to hold records of expenditure regionally for three years. However, I hope that you will find the information given below helpful. I ought to say that Workwise was not introduced until April 1995 and that the Community Action programme ran from November 1993 to June 1996.

Expenditure
Name of programme 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Jobclub 1,197,413 1,276,546 1,304,239 688,463
Restart 312,179 233,850 178,438 166,616
Jobplan 751,440 627,135 410,119 415,907
Workwise Community n/a n/a 129,051 112,427
Action 125,375 541,500 508,473 48,760

I should explain that some of the programmes and employment initiatives you mention do not fall under the responsibility of the Employment Service. These are Training for Work (TfW), the Enterprise Allowance Scheme and Youth Training, Modern Apprenticeships, and the earlier YTS. This means that the North London District of the Employment Service did not incur any expenditure on these programmse and initiatives. I hope this is helpful.