§ Sir David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in theOfficial Reporteach of his current programmes for helping the unemployed, stating how many unemployed people each programme is expected to help and how much each programme is costing in the current financial year.
§ Mr. Alison:The information is as follows:
Estimated numbers supported in 1982–83 Estimates of 1982–83 £ million Temporary Short Time Working Compensation Scheme Not available 117.1 Job Release Scheme *95,000 243.5 Youth Opportunities Programme †265,000 743 Community Enterprise Programme ‡ 169 Community Industry †7,100 23 Young Workers Scheme *135,000 58.9 Enterprise Allowance Scheme The Scheme is being run as a pilot experiment Scheme in selected areas. An estimate of £2.3 million has been allocated for this financial year. *Estimated numbers on Scheme at March 1983. †Average number of filled places in 1982–83. ‡The Chancellor indicated in his Budget speech (Official Report, Vol. 19, No. 73, c. 731–2) that the Government was prepared to finance up to 130,000 places or more if the demand was there. (This included the 30,000 places available on the Community Enterprise Programme.)