HC Deb 05 March 1984 vol 55 cc464-5W
Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what jobs are being provided through retraining schemes, young workers' schemes and other Manpower Service Commission schemes in South Yorkshire and the Barnsley travel-to-work area in the current year; and at what cost.

Mr. Peter Morrison

In the Barnsley local authority district, and in South Yorkshire, at the end of January 1984, the number of people on the various special employment and training measures was as follows:

Barnsley South Yorkshire
Training opportunities scheme *†27 *†748
Youth training scheme *†1,213 *†9,209
Youth opportunities programme *†38 *†77
Young workers scheme 441 2,822
Community industry *†117 *†499
* Information is not available for the Bamsley travel-to-work area. Expenditure information is not available below area office level.
† The figures refer to training opportunities provided by the schemes, not jobs.