asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of people who have taken advantage of the resettlement transfer scheme in each of the regions since September 1975;(2) how many people, since September 1975, have taken advantage of the resettlement transfer scheme in the light of the Government's special measures to reduce unemployment on Merseyside.
I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that the information requested is not yet available. I will circulate it in the Official Report when it becomes available.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how much money he estimates has been spent in pursuance of the resettlement transfer scheme during the current year.
I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that the amount spent on grants and allowances under the Employment Transfer Scheme in the financial year 1975–76, to December 1975, is estimated at £4,550,000.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will monitor the number of families moving from areas of high unemployment as a result of the
| STOCKS, DISPOSALS AND PRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC SOLID FUEL | ||||||
| (thousand tons) | ||||||
| Premium Smokeless | Naturally Smokeless | Other Smokeless | House Coal | Total | ||
| Stocks * | ||||||
| End October 1974 | … | 8 | 30 | 60† | 11 | 109 |
| End October 1975 | … | 83 | Negative | 104† | 391 | 578 |
| Disposals | ||||||
| Year ended October 1975 | … | 1,563 | 1,558 | 2,563 | 8,641 | 14,325 |
| Production | ||||||
| Year ended October 1975 | … | 1,659 | 1,528 | 1,622† | 9,021 | 13,830 |
| * Stocks held by NCB and other smokeless fuel producers only. In addition there are stocks held by coal merchants for which figures are not available. | ||||||
| † Excludes hard coke. | ||||||