§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each year since 1979 the amount spent on job creation schemes and the amount spent on job creation schemes for blind unemployed claimants.
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§ Mr. AlisonSeparate statistics on expenditure on job creation schemes for blind unemployed claimants are not available. The following table provides details of the amount spent on job creation schemes generally:
Outturn 1979–80 £ million Outturn 1980–81 £ million Estimated outturn 1981–82 £ million Temporary employment subsidy 40.9 0.9 —* Temporary short-time working compensation scheme 24.4 365.0 388.5 Job release scheme 85.4 136.0 166.7 Small firms employment subsidy 45.4 10.8 —† Job creation programme 4.9 0.5 0.1 STEP and community enterprise programme 51.0 45.7 99.4 Community industry 17.0 190 22.0 Youth opportunities programme 121.8 212.3 413.6 Notes: * The temporary employment subsidy closed for applications on 31 March 1979. † The small firms employment subsidy closed for applications on 31 March 1980.