§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether any individual or group sponsoring a job creation programme project has been given permission by his Department to waive the 12-month employment rule; and if he will list any such projects.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that no154W sponsor of a job creation programme project has been given permission to waive the 12-month employment rule. However, local action committees have agreed to extensions beyond 12 months for approximately 500 individual employees at the request of sponsors. I regret that details of the projects involved are not readily available.