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Mr. Rooney
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many restart interviews were conducted in 1996–97; and, of these, how many claimants (a) were placed directly into a job, (b) claimed other benefits, (c) entered a Government programme and (d) signed off from claiming benefit. [7766]
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 restart interviews and their outcomes. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.
The figures that you have requested are shown in the following table:
Outcomes of restart interviews (1996–97)
| |
Number
| |
| Number of restart interviews | 3,270,278 |
| Placings | 147,021 |
| Claimed other benefits | 65,962 |
| Government programmes | 507,167 |
| Signed off from claiming | 316,574 |
I hope this is helpful.