§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people 21 years and under and 18 years and under, listed separately, and if possible according to sex, and ethnic origin, are benefiting from job promotion schemes, giving the number benefiting from each scheme, in the Manchester travel-to-work area for the latest available date and for the equivalent date for each corresponding month in each, since the schemes were started.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1980, c. 362]: I regret that information is not available to show the numbers of young people entering jobs created under the small firms employment subsidy scheme.
The right hon. Member may also have in mind the special programmes operated by the Manpower Services Commission, but I am informed by the MSC that it too cannot provide information in the form requested.
However the following information, which relates to entrants to special programmes, gives some indication of the number helped by the youth opportunities programme and the special temporary employment programme since their introduction.
MANCHESTER TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA ESTIMATED ENTRANTS YOP (aged under 18) STEP (aged 19–24) 1.4.78–31.3.79 4,500 250 April 1979 300 20 May 250 50 June 350 30 July 1,100 30 August 700 30 September 700 20 October 600 20 November 300 10 December 200 20 Total Year to date 4,500 230 I regret that it is not possible to provide a breakdown according to sex and ethnic origin.
The Manchester unit of community industry had helped a total of 486 young 775W people by March 1979. New entrants must be under 18. The following table gives a breakdown by sex of the number of young employees in the unit each month thereafter. Figures by ethnic origin are not collected.
Male Female April 1979 71 23 May 74 23 June 74 26 July 79 28 August 70 22 September 69 22 October 65 24 November 66 23 December 66 23