§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people are presently attending job clubs in Kingston-upon-Hull; how many jobs have been secured by people using job clubs(a) in total, (b) by gender and (c) by each year since the job clubs were established; and if he will list the estimated consequent fall in the number of clients. [27966]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthResponsibility 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. Kevin McNamara, dated 10 February 1998:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question relating to how many people are currently attending Jobclubs in Kingston-upon-Hull; how many jobs have been secured by people using Jobclubs (a) in total, (b) by gender and (c) by each year since Jobclubs were established; and if the estimated consequent fall in the number of clients can be estimated. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Employment Service Chief Executive.In January of this year 449 people were attending Jobclubs in Kingston-upon-Hull.Information on the numbers of people securing jobs through Jobclubs is, unfortunately, only available for 1996 and 1997 and is not available by gender as gender based information is not collected. The available information is as follows:
Year Number of people finding work through Jobclubs in Kingston-Upon-Hull 1996 1,221 1997 1,323
It is not possible to estimate the consequent fall in the number of unemployed people since the total figure will be affected by many other factors influencing the inflows to, and outflows from, unemployment.I hope this is helpful.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and which job clubs in Kingston-upon-Hull are(a) to be closed and (b) to have their staff or hours reduced as a result of the transferring of funds to the Welfare to Work scheme. [27965]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthResponsibility 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. Kevin McNamara, dated 10 February 1998:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question relating to how many and which Jobclubs in Kingston-upon-Hull are to be closed and have their staff or hours reduced as a result of the transferring of funds to Welfare to Work. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Employment Service Chief Executive.181WThe Employment Service District Manager in Kingston-upon-Hull is currently consulting local partners on the future provision of Employment Service programmes including Jobclubs in the Hull Employment Service District. The partners include a wide variety of local organisations such as Local Authorities, Training and Enterprise Councils, and voluntary groups. This consultation exercise is due to end on 11 February after which decisions on future provision will be taken as soon as possible. Separately, one existing Jobclub provider has given notice that they wish to terminate their contract from 31 March.