asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many minutes of work it took a man earning the national average wage to earn (a) one pound of butter, (b) one pint of milk and (c) one pint of beer, respectively, in 1950, 1965 and 1977, or at the latest date for which figures are available.
Assuming the man to have gross weekly earnings equal to the average for all full-time manual men (a) and deductions for income tax and national insurance appropriate to a married man with two children under the age of 11 the information is as follows:Creation Programme; who are their sponsors; and what is the total sum made available to each project.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is as follows:—
Sponsor
| Project
| Jobs
| MSC Grant
|
| £ | |||
| Improvements to grounds of two mental hospitals | 3 | 6,465 | |
| Painting in 7 hospital units and 10 community clinics | 6 | 9,451 | |
| Humberside CC | Welfare services for elderly, handicapped and children in residential home etc. | 30 | 44,408 |
| Survey of hazards and appropriate emergency action—to be made into a central index system. | 2 | 5,378 | |
| Ancillary clerical assistance | 32 | 35,371 | |
| University of Hull | Cataloguing material in University library | 5 | 12,610 |
| Humberside Area HA | Painting at hospitals | 6 | 19,666 |
| Promoting health education | 5 | 14,587 | |
| Bricking-up disused ventilation shafts in hospital wards. | 6 | 7,272 | |
| Cataloguing of building plans | 2 | 4,972 | |
| Setting up experimental activity centre in a long-stay hospital. | 4 | 7,244 | |
| Humberside CC | Repairing fences for field boundaries | 6 | 1,526 |
| Task Force North | Remove debris from disused extension of Market Weighton canal. | 13 | 12,252 |
| Humberside CC | Eradicate Dutch Elm disease (2 projects) | 14 | 16,507 |
| Task Force North | Clearance of shrubs, dykes and drains on estate | 17 | 9,424 |
| Humberside Area HA | Setting up card index system for school health service. | 2 | 4,433 |
| Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society | Restoration of keel boat | 2 | 1,382 |
| Humberside Area HA | Preparing medical records for microfilming | 2 | 3,246 |
| Humberside CC | Organising activities in playgroups, day nurseries, community homes etc. | 15 | 28,798 |
| North Wolds BC | Clearance of undergrowth from two sites | 4 | 3,032 |
| Compilation of card index of planning permission applications. | 2 | 3,482 | |
| Humberside Area HA | Preparation of inventory of biochemistry stores | 1 | 2,475 |
| Kingston upon Hull CC | Archaeological excavation of medieval Hull | 10 | 24,076 |
| Humberside Area HA | Processing samples to determine level of mercury contaimination in dental surgeries. | 1 | 2,343 |
| Ancillary staff in engineering department of hospital | 3 | 6,238 | |
| Hull Women's Aid | Set up a second stage refuge for battered women | 4,518 | |
| Youth Action | Co-ordination and organisation of voluntary groups | 3 | 5,971 |
| University of Hull | Research into bacteria in Humber estuary | 3 | 7,232 |
| Humberside Area HA | Provide information for planning of facilities for Accident and Emergency Department at Hull Infirmary. | 3 | 2,115 |
| Painting and renovating hospitals and other health care premises. | 6 | 18,662 | |
| Beverley BC | Restoration of Skid by Windmill | 2 | 2,153 |
| Task Force North | Promotion of Keep Britain Tidy campaign | 5 | 5,546 |
| Humberside Area HA | Microfilming medical records | 3 | 6,477 |
| Check on electrical safety in old buildings | 4 | 10,015 | |
| Humberside CC | Clearance of woodlands area | 8 | 7,622 |
| Humberside Area HA | Prepare medical records for microfilming | 4 | 5,905 |
| Auxiliary help in hospitals | 25 | 11,655 | |
| Redecorating hospitals | 4 | 12,602 | |
| Rewiring in hospitals | 5 | 16,938 | |
| Beverley BC | Survey of council tenants to ascertain extent of under-occupation and overcrowding (2 projects). | 2 | 2,630 |
| Goole Barge Club | Conversion of old barge to residential centre | 4 | 6,084 |
| Boothferry DC | Environmental improvement | 5 | 5,658 |
| Humberside Playing Fields Association | Holiday play scheme for rural areas | 9 | 4,032 |
| Glanford BC | Updating of records relating to sewer system | 5 | 5,923 |
| Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society. | Restore "Amy Hawson" for use as a floating museum. | 2 | 4,344 |
| Grimsby BC | Environmental improvement | 5 | 10,704 |
| Humberside Area HA | Updating medical records | 4 | 6,197 |
| Grimsby BC | Improvement of riverside |
| 8,467 |
| Cleethorpes DC | Improvement of holiday play area | 5 | 12,441 |
| Humberside Area HA | Tidying up hospital grounds (2 projects) | 6 | 7,754 |
| Engineering assistance in maintenance of hospital equipment. | 3 | 7,918 | |
| Establishment of stock records system | 1 | 2,364 | |
| Ancillary work in physiotherapy department | 3 | 6,285 | |
| Humberside CC | Compilation of job classification and record index | 4 | 6 836 |
Sponsor
| Project
| Jobs
| MSC Grant
|
| £ | |||
| Kingston upon Hull CC | Environmental improvement | 41 | 29,197 |
| Humberside Area HA | Filing of medical records | 2 | 3,337 |
| Compilation of plans and records of NHS buildings | 4 | 5,666 | |
| Humberside CC | Welfare services for children and the elderly | 30 | 21,934 |
| Humberside Area HA | Cross reference index for library | 1 | 2,074 |
| Clerical support for Chief Engineer's office | 1 | 2,074 | |
| Replacement of old heating system | 4 | 8,083 | |
| Building Works in Beverley Health District | 4 | 6,339 | |
| University of Hull | Development of software for computer studies | 2 | 5,344 |
| Humberside CC | Microfilming fire brigade records | 2 | 2,675 |
| University of Hull | Preparation and mounting of fossils | 2 | 2,363 |
| Humberside Area HA | Internal and external painting at Beverley hospital | 6 | 6,039 |
| Humberside Youth Assn. | Ancilliary work in Youth and Community Centre | 23 | 49,556 |
| Humberside Area HA | Hairdressing for geriatric patients | 2 | 4,327 |
| Improvement to buildings | 3 | 7,423 | |
| Ancilliary portering duties in maternity hospital | 2 | 1,076 | |
| Painting in hospitals, clinics and staff residences | 6 | 9,117 | |
| Grimsby BC | Insulation of homes of the elderly | 3 | 1,910 |
| Humberside Area HA | Roof insulation of hospitals | 2 | 3,826 |
| Establishment of day activity centre in long stay hospital. | 1 | 1,993 | |
| Wakefield Area HA | Provision of cosmetic care for geriatric patients | 1 | 1,533 |
| Humberside Area HA | Statistical analysis of use of operating theatres and other parts of hospital in order to reduce patient waiting lists. | 1 | 2,218 |
| Sorting of patients records | 8,976 | ||
| Yorkshire Electricity Board. | Establishment of centralised filing system | 3 | 1,476 |
| Humberside Area HA | Conversion of manual records system to computer based system. | 1 | 1,267 |
| Assistance for occupational therapist | 1 | 1,804 | |
| Scunthorpe BC | Roof insulation for council-owned dwellings | 4 | 4,227 |
| Age Concern | Survey of needs of the elderly | 3 | 5,102 |
| Scunthorpe BC | Environmental improvements | 6 | 14,387 |
| Scunthorpe Voluntary Organisation. | Insulation and decoration of homes | 13 | 22,301 |
| Scunthorpe BC | Woodland clearance | 8 | 9,580 |
| Updating records (3 projects) | 11 | 19,514 | |
| Painting of agricultural museum exhibits (2 projects) | 7 | 17,269 | |
| Glanford BC | Repair of council buildings | 9 | 8,781 |
| Humberside Area HA | Updating medical records | 2 | 3,148 |
| Scunthorpe BC | Environmental improvements | 8 | 10,104 |
| Scunthorpe Voluntary Organisation | Decorating and gardening for the elderly and infirm | 13 | 10,317 |
| North Wolds BC | Environmental improvement at Bridlington cliffs | 5 | 3,650 |
| Clearing ditches and extension of car park | 2 | 681 | |
| Clearing ditches and painting Bridlington harbour piles. | 2 | 1,860 | |
| Preparation of car park | 3 | 1,166 | |
| Environmental improvements to Industrial Estate | 5 | 5,600 | |
| Ryedale DC | Environmental improvements along riverside | 8 | 7,601 |
| Humberside Area HA | Preparation of records for microfilming | 3 | 8,239 |
| Scunthorpe BC | Environmental improvements | 4 | 10,511 |
| Display work for museum | 1 | 2,669 | |
| Record of land utilisation and survey of trees for preservation. | 34 | 7,864 | |
| Boothferry DC | Environmental improvements | 18 | 13,074 |
| Humberside Area HA | Sorting data for microfilming | 2 | 1,188 |
| Promotion of health education in the four health districts of Humberside area. | 5 | 14,587 | |
| Filing of medical records | 1 | 1,112 | |
| Humberside CC | Ancilliary clerical assistance | 12 | 17,238 |
| Defining areas at risk from Dutch Elm disease (2 projects). | 12 | 8,811 | |
| Manpower planning exercise (2 projects) | 5 | 8,987 | |
| Research, identify and list hazardous substances and record all information and characteristics with appropriate emergency action in a central system. | 2 | 4,415 | |
| Beverley BC | Compilation of catalogue and assistance in art gallery (2 projects). | 2 | 2,584 |
Sponsor
| Project
| Jobs
| MSC Grant
|
| £ | |||
| York Regional HA | Interviewing related to cancer education programme | 1 | 2,490 |
| Task Force North | Restoration of Market Weighton canal by means of cleaning, repairing, repainting and reconstructing stonework and reinstating of culvert. | 12 | 14,206 |
| Total | 946 | 1,319,394 |