§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment if provision is being made for unemployed teachers under the Special Temporary Employment Project, in view of the fact that any person who serves on it must have been unemployed for six months.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the special temporary employment programme provides temporary jobs as an alternative to prolonged unemployment. In filling places on the programme, preference is given to those aged 19 to 24 who have been unemployed for six months or more and to those aged 25 and over who have been unemployed for 12 months or more. Where no suitably qualified candidates are available, unemployed people who have been unemployed for shorter periods may be recruited if 173W their participation is essential to the successful running of the scheme. In addition to provision made under the special temporary employment programme, there will be opportunities for up to 8,000 adults to act in a supervisory or managerial capacity in projects mounted under the youth opportunities programme. It is expected that a number of such openings would be suitable for unemployed teachers.