§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Empolyment how many applications have been made, and what are the numbers covered, regionally and nationally, under the special temporary employment programme since May 1979.
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§ Mr. Jim LesterI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in the period 1 May 1979 to 25 July 1980 a total of 2,750 applications to sponsor special temporary employment programme schemes have been made. Information about the number of temporary jobs these proposals would have created if all of them were approved as submitted is not available. However, in the same period, 23,500 people who otherwise would have been unempolyed entered into the programme. The regional breakdown of these figures is as follows:
Regions Applications received Entrants Scotland 734 4,700 Northern 447 3,995 Yorkshire and Humberside 377 1,880 North-West 350 4,700 Midlands 237 3,290 Wales 322 1,880 South-West 122 940 London 107 1,410 South-East 60 705 Great Britain Total 2,756 23,500