§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Prime Minister what response she has made to the letter she has received from the Association of Directors of Social Services proposing that the Government pay social services departments a supplementary employment grant to give jobs to the unemployed involving simple caring tasks.
§ The Prime MinisterThe proposals in the association's letter were given detailed and careful consideration and a reply was sent on my behalf on 3 April 1985 by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security.
My hon. Friend referred the association to the White Paper "Employment: the Challenge for the Nation" — Cmnd. 9474—in which the Government's policy on job creation is clearly set out.