§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment for how many employees temporary employment subsidy is being paid in order to maintain them in a job which would otherwise have ceased; to how many firms this money is paid; and if he will publish a breakdown, so far as is possible, of the industries in which such employers are engaged.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that I am unable to give information in the precise form requested. As at 2nd June, a total of 441,159 jobs in 7,035 applications had been supported by TES in Great Britain since the inception of the scheme. The estimated number of jobs still being supported at that date was 170,500. A breakdown of TES support by industry as at 31st March, the latest date for which figures are available, is given in the schedules below.
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TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY Workers involved in approved applications by industry Estimated current support at 31.3.78 1 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 342 2 Mining and Quarrying 174 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 6,237 4 Coal and Petroleum Products 228 5 Chemicals and Allied Industries 947 6 Metal Manufacture 3,958 7 Mechanical Engineering 7,934 8 Instrument Engineering 918 9 Electrical Engineering 4,023 10 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 455 11 Vehicles 1,044 12 Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 4,113 13 Textiles 38,652 14 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 1,721 15 Clothing and Footwear 31,408 16 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement Etc. 2,283 17 Timber, Furniture Etc. 7,798 18 Paper, Printing and Publishing 4,448 19 Other Manufacturing Industries 2,615 20 Construction 6,249 21 Gas, Electricity and Water 13 22 Transport and Communication 965 23 Distributive Trades 4,323 24 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 195 25 Professional and Scientific Services 111 26 Miscellaneous Services 2,267 7 Public Administration and Defence — Total 133,421
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TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY (SUPPLEMENT) A—Applications accepted at 31st March 1978 (Cumulative Total) B—Jobs involved (Cumulative Total) A B 1 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 8 267 2 Mining and Quarrying 12 276 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 21 1,742 4 Coal and Petroleum Products — — 5 Chemicals and Allied Industries 7 723 6 Metal Manufacture 20 788 7 Mechanical Engineering 38 1,493 8 Instrument Engineering 7 585 9 Electrical Engineering 20 2,342 10 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 5 167 11 Vehicles 6 404 12 Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 29 1,951 13 Textiles 161 20,659 14 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 14 876 15 Clothing and Footwear 251 21,021 16 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement Etc. 20 1,263 17 Timber, Furniture Etc. 39 1,693 18 Paper, Printing and Publishing 41 3,390 19 Other Manufacturing Industries 11 1,267 20 Construction 43 1,161 21 Gas, Electricity and Water — — 22 Transport and Communication 10 307 23 Distributive Trades 49 2,260 24 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 2 26 25 Professional and Scientific Services 3 20 26 Miscellaneous Services 40 839 27 Public Administration and Defence — — Total 857 65,520
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY (SUPPLEMENT) Workers in approved applications by industry Estimated current support at 31.3.78 1 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 149 2 Mining and Quarrying 192 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 739 4 Coal and Petroleum Products — 5 Chemicals and Allied Industries 561 6 Metal Manufacture 321 7 Mechanical Engineering 846 8 Instrument Engineering 442 9 Electrical Engineering 1,657 10 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 81 11 Vehicles 196 12 Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 943 13 Textiles 13,257 14 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 717 15 Clothing and Footwear 12,646 16 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement Etc. 952 17 Timber, Furniture Etc. 1,130 18 Paper, Printing and Publishing 1,346 19 Other Manufacturing Industries 586 20 Construction 742 21 Gas, Electricity and Water — 22 Transport and Communication 184 23 Distributive Trades 1,439 24 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 14 25 Professional and Scientific Services 16 26 Miscellaneous Services 490 27 Public Administration and Defence — Total 39,646