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Dept for Education and Employment;Employment Service

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Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many unemployed persons were referred to (i) jobplan workshops, (ii) restart courses, (iii) workwise and worklink, (iv) 1-2-1 and (v) project work in 1996-97; of these, how many (a) attended and (b) completed these courses; and what were the outcomes. [7765] Mr. Alan Howarth: 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. Terry Rooney, dated 10 July 1997: As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about Jobplan, Restart Courses, Workwise and Worklink, 1-2-1 and Project Work. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. The information you have requested on Jobplan, Restart Courses and Workwise (known as Worklink in Scotland) is given in Table 1. Information about 1-2-1 and Project Work is given in Tables 2 and 3 respectively. However, we do not hold the information in the format in which you have requested it. It may help if I explain that during 1-2-1, jobseekers are offered concentrated help with an Employment Service adviser during a series of up to six caseload interviews. Figures for referrals to 1-2-1 are therefore shown as `Cases Opened'. Information on the number of caseload interviews each jobseeker attends or completes is not collected. Whilst they can attend up to six, this is dependent on whether they achieve a positive outcome before the final interview. For Project Work, the reason that the information is not available in the form you have requested is that this pilot consists of two parts. The first part, which begins with a Restart interview with an adviser, is a period of intensive help during which participants are offered the full range of programmes available to long term unemployed people as well as a series of caseload interviews with an adviser. If the person is still unemployed at the end of the period of intensive help, they are required to attend a work experience programme with a provider. Separate information for the same cohort on the number of people referred to a Project Work provider is not available. The outcomes reported therefore relate to both parts of the pilot. I hope this is helpful. Table 1: Jobplan, restart courses and workwise worklink--1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Jobplan Restart courses Workwise/ worklink Referrals 300,329 139,733 67,058 Starts 144,315 76,911 25,806 Completers 133,026 66,238 18,609 Total outcomes 57,882 25,552 12,735 of which: jobs 9,115 3,706 3,485 ES/TEC/LEC programmes 36,794 17,067 7,062 other training or employment 11,973 4,779 2,188 related opportunities{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: 1-2-1 1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number The number of cases opened 218,241 Outcomes: Job placings 14,796 TEC/LEC/ES programme starts{1} 32,846 Other sign offs{2} 54,980 Total positive outcomes 102,622 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Business Start Up: Training for Work; Jobclub; JIG; Work Trial. {2} Other sign offs as a result of adviser action: Family Credit starts. Table 3: Project work--1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Project work Entering the Pilot 7,141 Referrals to Project Work provider n/a Starts with Project Work Provider 3,125 Completers Project Work placement 1,025 Total outcomes of which: Jobs 861 ES/TEC/LEC programmes 542 Other 1,767 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

297 c556-7W; 7765

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Employment schemes Restart programme Jobplan workshops Project Work

Contains statistics

Yes