§ Sir David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much public money will be spent by his Department in support of job creation and job retention during 1981–82 on the basis of current Policies; and if he will list the main heads of expenditure.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 10 February 1981, c. 2467]: On 21 November 1980, my right hon. Friend gave details of the special employment measure for 1981–82. He said:
The total cost of all measures in 1981-82 will be some £570 million".—[Official Report, 21 November 1980. Vol. 994, c. 207.]The main heads of expenditure were as follows: 67W
£ million Temporary short-time working compensation scheme 90 Job-release scheme 106 Youth opportunities programme 272 Community enterprise programme 77 Community industry 19 Unified vocational preparation 4 These estimates are in PES 1980 survey prices and need to be updated to current prices. In addition, some of these estimates need to be revised in the light of more recent experiences in particular, there has been an upsurge in expenditure on the temporary short-time working compensation scheme.
Revised estimates at outturn prices will be published at the time of the Budget but the figures will continue to show a considerable increase in expenditure in 1981–82 over 1980–81.