asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the latest figures for the number of people assisted in each English economic planning region, Scotland and Wales under each of the following measures: temporary employment subsidy, short-time working compensation scheme, small firms employment subsidy, job release scheme, adult employment subsidy, job introduction scheme, youth opportunities programme, community industry, special temporary employment programme, and job creation programme;(2) if he will indicate for the following schemes (
a) the date the scheme started, ( b) the date the scheme closed or closes for applications or the date on which the scheme ceased operation and ( c) the cumulative number of people assisted in each English economic planning region, Scotland and Wales, namely, youth opportunities programmes, special temporary employment programme, job creation programme, temporary employment subsidy, small firms employment subsidy, short-time working compensation scheme, job introduction scheme, adult employment subsidy, job release, community industry, recruitment subsidy for school leavers, youth employment subsidy, and work experience scheme.
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24 January 1979; Vol. 961, c. 165–6], gave the following information:The latest information on the points raised is set out in the table below:—
| Regions | |||||||||||||
| South-East and East Anglia | South-West | West and East Midlands | Yorkshire and Humberside | ||||||||||
| Measure | Date scheme started | Date scheme closed or closes for applications or date on which scheme ceased to operate | Spot date | Cumulative | Spot date | Cumulative | Spot date | Cumulative | Spot date | Cumulative | |||
| Temporary employment subsidy | … | 18. 8.1975 | 31. 3.1979(b) | 13,380 | 66,220 | 6,330 | 28,510 | 21,420 | 98,489 | 12,020 | 57,339 | ||
| Short time working compensation scheme | 15. 5.1978 | 31. 3.1979(b) | 32 | 32 | Nil | 109 | Nil | Nil | 5,182 | 5,218 | |||
| Small firms employment subsidy | … | 1. 7.1977 | 31. 3.1980(b) | SE-1,054 | SE-1,054 | 604 | 604 | W-1,199 | W-1,199 | 3,408 | 3,408 | ||
| EA-Nil | EA-Nil | E-846 | E-846 | ||||||||||
| Job release scheme | … | … | … | 3. 1.1977 | 31. 3.1979(b) | SE-3,526 | SE-4,081 | 1,557 | 2,942 | W-1,131 | W-1,344 | 2,999 | 7,924 |
| EA-482 | EA-532 | 1,557 | 2,942 | E-1,204 | E-1,789 | ||||||||
| Adult employment subsidy | … | … | 7. 8.1978 | 6. 5.1979(b) | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 50 | 69 | |
| Job introduction scheme | … | … | 4. 7.1977 | January 1980(c) | 31 | 260 | 24 | 261 | W-15 | W-84 | 10 | 74 | |
| E-6 | E-53 | ||||||||||||
| Youth opportunities scheme | … | … | 1. 4.1978 | — | NA | 9,500 | NA | 7,500 | NA | 14,700 | NA | 9,700 | |
| Community industry(a) | … | … | 1972 | Permanent scheme | 539 | 2,090 | 101 | 220 | W-305 | W-2,110 | 854 | 3,850 | |
| E-342 | E-870 | ||||||||||||
| Special temporary employment programme | 1. 4.1978 | — | NA | 730 | NA | 500 | NA | 1,240 | NA | 940 | |||
| Job creation programme | … | … | 9.10.1975 | 31.12.1977(b) | (e) | 14,000 | (e) | 14,000 | (e) | 12,000 | (e) | 17,000 | |
| 31.12.1978(c) | |||||||||||||
| Recruitment subsidy for school leavers | 13.10.1975 | 30. 9.1976(d) | — | 5,609 | — | 1,820 | — | 4,387 | — | 3,350 | |||
| Youth employment subsidy | … | … | 1.10.1976 | 31. 3.1978(d) | — | 4,666 | — | 3,517 | — | 6,024 | — | 5,751 | |
| Work experience programme | … | 21. 9.1976 | 31. 3.1978(d) | — | 8,000 | — | 7,500 | — | 7,000 | — | 6,000 | ||
Regions
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South-East and East Anglia
| South-West
| West and East Midlands
| Yorkshire and Humberside
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Measure
| Date scheme started
| Date scheme closed or closes for applications or date on which scheme ceased to operate
| Spot date
| Cumulative
| Spot date
| Cumulative
| Spot date
| Cumulative
| Spot date
| Cumulative
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| Temporary employment subsidy | … | 18. 8.1975 | 31. 3.1979(b) | 27,920 | 128,677 | 5,780 | 29,443 | 7,520 | 33,483 | 13,030 | 56,549 | ||
| Short time working compensation scheme | 15. 5.1978 | 31. 3.1979(b) | 2,573 | 2,573 | 68 | 68 | 52 | 52 | 428 | 428 | |||
| Small firms employment subsidy | … | 1. 7.1977 | 31. 3.1980(b) | 8,639 | 9,796 | 5,279 | 6,455 | 3,805 | 4,378 | 4,515 | 6,323 | ||
| Job release scheme | … | … | … | 3. 1.1977 | 31. 3.1979(b) | 4,296 | 12,528 | 1,366 | 4,189 | 906 | 2,942 | 1,954 | 5,710 |
| Adult employment subsidy | … | … | 7. 8.1978 | 6. 5.1979(b) | 380 | 470 | 94 | 138 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Job introduction scheme | … | … | 4. 7.1977 | January 1980(c) | 40 | 336 | 6 | 82 | 11 | 99 | 11 | 88 | |
| Youth opportunities scheme | … | … | 1. 4.1978 | — | NA | 16,700 | NA | 14,000 | 6,495 | 8,500 | 8,431 | 11,400 | |
| Community industry(a) | … | … | 1972 | Permanent scheme | 561 | 2,310 | 926 | 5,360 | 534 | 1,960 | 1,017 | 5,160 | |
| Special temporary employment programme | 1. 4.1978 | — | NA | 1,110 | NA | 1,170 | 157 | 320 | 437 | 1,090 | |||
| Job creation programme | … | … | 9.10.1975 | 31.12.1977(b) | (e) | 43,000 | (e) | 37,000 | (e) | 25,000 | (e) | 68,000 | |
| 31.12.1978(c) | |||||||||||||
| Recruitment subsidy for school leavers | 13.10.1975 | 30. 9.1976(d) | — | 5,152 | — | 3,443 | — | 2,529 | — | 3,889 | |||
| Youth employment subsidy | … | … | 1.10.1976 | 31. 3.1978(d) | — | 8,343 | — | 8,001 | — | 4,607 | — | 6,533 | |
| Work experience programme | … | … | 21. 9.1976 | 31. 3.1978(d) | — | 9,000 | — | 7,000 | — | 8,000 | — | 7,500 | |
Footnotes
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| (a) Under the special measures additional funds have been made available since 1975 to provide extra places; the statistics supplied relate to the whole scheme. | |||||||||||||
| (b) Date scheme closes for applications. | |||||||||||||
| (c) Date on which scheme ceases operation. | |||||||||||||
| (d) Date scheme closed. | |||||||||||||
| (e) Ended 31 December 1978. | |||||||||||||