§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will extend 259W the temporary employment subsidy to cover companies employing less than 50 workers.
§ Mr. BoothI would wish to assess the effect of the recent extension of the scheme to cover the whole of Great Britain before considering further changes.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have to date received assistance from the temporary employment subsidy in Great Britain, Wales, Scotland, and the English regions.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information:
Regional Analysis of applications for Temporary Employment Subsidy (TES) as at Friday 17th October 1975.
Applications received Applications approved English Regions: Northern 3 2 Yorkshire & Humberside 8 5 South East — — South West 5 2 Midlands 6 3 North West 18 13 Scotland 13 5 Wales — — Total—Great Britain 53 30
Total number of school leavers unemployed October 1975 Estimated number of leavers for employment 1974–75 school year Column 1 as a percentage of Column 2 England and Wales … … 59,838 551,800 10.8 Scotland … … 5,454 65,500 8.3
OCTOBER 1975 Unemployed School leavers aged under 18 Unfilled vacancies at Careers Offices Great Britain 65,292 25,605 Wales 5,193 896 Scotland 5,454 2,323 South East 11,703 10,399 East Anglia 1,158 912 South West 4,385 1,816 West Midlands 9,061 2,053 East Midlands 3,268 1,546 Yorkshire and Humberside 6,631 2,205 North West 11,376 2,328 North 7,063 1,127
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current ratio of unemployed school