Mobility of Labour

HC Deb 28 March 1972 vol 834 cc56-7W

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list existing Government measures and proposals designed to facilitate the mobility of labour.

Mr. Dudley Smith

I have been asked to reply.

The following table lists the facilities available to eligible workers under the present Resettlement Transfer Scheme and under the Employment Transfer Scheme which will come into operation on 5th April, 1972:

Both schemes are for unemployed workers or those threatened with redundancy within six months but under the Employment Transfer Scheme it will no longer be a condition for people living in assisted areas that they have no reasonable prospects of employment in the home area or that no suitable local labour is available in the new area. The Key Workers and Nucleus Labour Force Schemes remain unchanged, except that the increased grants and allowances will apply where appropriate.