§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether there are any plans to renew or replace the temporary short-time working compensation scheme after it has ended in March 1984.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkWe have no plans to renew or replace the temporary short-time working compensation scheme, which is due to close for applications on 31 March 1984.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received in support of the continuation of the termporary short-time working compensation scheme.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkWe have received representations in support of the continuation of the temporary short-time working compensation scheme from a number of organisations including the Confederation of British Industry, the Engineering Employers Federation and the British Clothing Industry Association.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the average annual cost per job supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkIn 1982–83 total expenditure on the temporary short-time working compensation scheme was £72 million and the average number of jobs supported in any month was 50,500. On this basis the average annual gross cost per job supported was £1,426. The maximum period of support in respect of any one job was reduced from 9 months at the start of the year to 6 months in July 1982.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of jobs 650W being supported in 1981–82 through the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in (a) manufacturing industry as a whole and (b) the textile, clothing and footwear industries.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe average number of potentially redundant jobs supported under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme each month during the financial year 1981–82 in manufacturing as a whole was 179,328. This includes an average of 28,730 in the textile, clothing and footwear industries.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of expenditure under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme was spent on the clothing, textile and footwear industries in 1981–82.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkIt is estimated that 10 per cent. of expenditure under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in the financial year 1981–82 was spent on the textile, clothing and footwear industries.