§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what would be the cost of increasing the allowance paid to youth opportunities programme trainees to £27 per week from the date when other national insurance and welfare benefits were raised to the end of the present financial year and the next full year if all the places available were taken up.
§ Mr. Adam ButlerThe cost of increasing the youth opportunities programme allowance to £27 per week from 24 November 1980 would be as follows:290W
£ 1980–81 165,000 1981–82 940,000