§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are involved in(a) stage 1 and (b) stage 2 of the Employment Zone scheme in each of the 15 Employment Zone areas. [47930]
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§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe information is in the table.
Number of current participants (at 31 January 2002) Employment Zone Step 1 Step 2 Birmingham 2,225 2,423 Brent 424 380 Brighton 238 349 Doncaster 587 531 Glasgow 776 768 Haringey 935 1,154 Liverpool 1,422 2,628 Middlesbrough 219 319 Newham 528 825 North West Wales 460 335 Nottingham 194 226 Plymouth 166 232 Southwark 682 933 Tower Hamlets 347 313 Heads of the Valleys 170 356 TOTAL 9,373 11,772 Source:
Employment Zone Management Information.
Employment Zones vary in size and coverage.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been(a) budgeted and (b) spent on the Employment Zone scheme in each year since its introduction; and how much of the allocation in each year went into personal job accounts.[47929]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe Department does not receive information from contractors on the specific amounts spent on personal job accounts. This is because funding for the personal job account is drawn from the overall payments made to the contractors. Expenditure on personal job accounts by contractors varies according to the needs of each participant.
In the financial year April 2000—March 2001, the Employment Zone budget was £56,374,000 and the spend was £71,950,885.
For the financial year April 2001—March 2002 the budget was £87,026,000. Forecast expenditure will be published in the Departmental Report in May.
Reasons for the differences between the spend on Employment Zones and budget include better than anticipated performance by Zone contractors and more participants entering the programme earlier than forecast.
The budget for 2001–02 includes funding for those who joined Employment Zones during the year and have not yet completed Steps 1 and 2.
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been helped into sustained employment via the Employment Zone scheme(a) in each year since its introduction and (b) broken down according to each employment zone. [47928]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownBetween April 2000, when they were launched, and January 2002, Employment Zones have helped 20,850 people into work. Of these, 14,743 have been helped into sustained employment. The information on each Employment Zone is in the table. 367W
Employment Zone Number of people helped into Sustained employment (cumulative total up to 31 January 2002) Birmingham 2,708 Brent 690 Brighton 859 Doncaster 480 Glasgow 1,730 Haringey 1,847 Liverpool 1,693 Middlesbrough 615 Newham 867 North West Wales 246 Nottingham 333 Plymouth 466 Southwark 1,136 Tower Hamlets 602 Heads of the Valley 471 Source:
Employment Zone Management Information
Employment Zone very in size and coverage