§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of jobs assisted in the Walsall area under the various special employment and training measures, temporary employment subsidy, small firms employment subsidy, job release, adult employment subsidy, job introduction scheme for the disabled, youth opportunities programme, community industry programme, special temporary employment programme and training places supported in industry; and if he will estimate the cost.
§ Mr. GoldingDetails of assistance provided to date under these measures in the Walsall area are as follows: 4,865 workers have benefited from the temporary employment subsidy; 65 jobs have been made available through the job release scheme; 17 disabled people have been helped under the job introduction scheme for the disabled; 836 young people have been helped under the youth opportunities programme and 44 people have been helped by the special temporary employment programme. It is 97W estimated that these measures represent a total financial commitment of approximately £4.8 million.
The small firms employment subsidy was only extended to cover the whole country on 1 January this year and as yet no applications under this scheme have been approved in the Walsall area. The adult employment subsidy does not apply to the Walsall area and there is no community industry unit at present.
I regret that area breakdowns of the numbers of training places in industry supported by special grants and awards are not available.