§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table for each year since 1970 showing (a) the total number of registered unemployed and (b) his estimate of the number taken off the register as a result of job creation, Community Industry,
Estimated numbers taken off the unemployed register by Year Registered unemployed (annual averages) Job Creation Programme (started October 1975) Community Industry (started January 1973) Work Experience Programme (started September 1976) Youth Employment Subsidy (started October 1976) Temporary Employment Subsidy (started August 1975) Training Opportunities Scheme (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s) 1970 … … 576.8 — — — — — 15.7 1971 … … 751.7 — — — — — 16.2 1972 … … 835.0 — — — — — 32.4 1973 … … 587.7 — 2.2 — — — 40.1 1974 … … 585.2 — 2.2 — — — 46.7 1975 … … 935.6 50 2.5 — — 7.4 61.4 1976 … … 1,304.0 52.8 4.2 2.8 0.6 94.0 84.4 1977* … … 1,422.9 55.4 4.8 37.2 3.8 132.0 71.5 * To mid-November. The table does not include measures such as the job release scheme, the small firms employment subsidy and the support of training places in industry which are also reducing the numbers on the unemployed register.