§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the cost of all the Government training schemes and special employment measures for each year from and including the financial year 1972–73; and what was the average number of participants in each year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe cost of all Government training schemes and employment measures for each financial year from 1974–75 to 1983–84 together with, where available, the number of participants is outlined in the following tables.
Information in respect of 1972–73 and 1973–74 is not readily available. The number of participants is expressed variously as annual number of entrants, course completions, average filled places, etc according to the availability of statistics.
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1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Technical Vocation Educational Initiative (TVEI) — — — — — — — — — 7,189 Recruitment Subsidy for School Leavers (RSSL) — 830 2,118 21 — — — — — — Youth Employment Subsidy (YES) — — 607 5,012 3,652 6 1 — — — Young Workers' Scheme (YWS) — — — — — — — — 40,667 58,343 Community Industry (CI) 1,673 3,224 5,878 8,934 11,704 16,952 18,994 20,887 23,376 23,673 Job Creation Programme (JCP) — 1,239 34,684 72,586 76,858 4,852 457 53 4 — Special Temporary Employment Programme (STEP) — — — — 9,309 50,996 45,736 — — — Community Enterprise Programme (CEP) — — — — — — — 86,618 155,012 — Community Programme (CP) — — — — — — — — — 402,806 Temporary Short-time Working Compensation (TSTWC) — — — — — 24,400 365,049 259,718 72,040 27,225 Short-time Working Compensation (STWC) — — — — 899 — — — — — Job Release Scheme (JRS) — — 1,638 15,320 21,729 85,401 135,953 134,143 211,767 258,155 Job Splitting Scheme (JSS) — — — — — — — — 48 323 Adult Employment Subsidy (AES) — — — — 217 357 1 — — — Temporary Employment Subsidy (TES) — 2,733 92,381 173,719 133,081 40,880 931 — — — Small Firms Employment Subsidy (SFES) — — — 1,955 11,843 45,427 10,773 54 22 — Enterprise Allowance Scheme (EAS) — — — — — — — — 2,409 23,218 Voluntary Projects Programme (VPP) — — — — — — — — 164 5,500 Geographical Mobility Schemes (GMS) 2,416 5,979 10,912 11,944 10,735 6,716 4,286 4,343 5.379 5,001 Careers Service Grants — 45 893 1,252 1,705 2,828 4,298 6,598 9,856 11,765 Grants for Careers Officers' Training — — — — — — — 255 464 526 Trade Union Education and Training (TUET) — — 200 320 510 741 851 935 816 793 Services for Seriously Disabled 14,638 21,959 26,133 30,732 34,580 41,954 54,940 58,888 66,772 72,691 Totals 93,585 160,197 367,416 557,902 604,238 682,723 1,109,487 1,224,888 1,372,867 1,857,285
Trainees/Participants in Department of Employment group training and employment measures 1974–75 to 1983–84 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 ITBS (entrants) not available 27,242 39,833 37,588 36,469 20,700 25,700 35,000 30,202 12,978 TOPs (completions) 45,416 60,724 89,651 98,964 70,187 74,489 66,418 61,396 59,300 66,200 DTS (completions) 28,583 30,965 31,304 36,049 45,050 41,300 25,950 20,300 20,750 21,750 Open Tech● — — — — — — — — — 5,000 WEP (entrants) — — 7,561 52,958 — — — — — — YOP (entrants) — — — — 162,200 216,400 360,000 553,000 543,000 27,000 YTS (entrants) — — — — — — — — — 354,000 TVEI (entrants) — — — — — — — — — 4,300 RSSL (entrants)* — 30,179 — — — — — — — — YES (entrants)■ — — 14,820 32,622 — — — — — — YWS (subsidies commenced) — — — — — — — — 174,266 129,540 CI (filled places) 1,239 1,831 3,168 4,255 4,898 5,806 6,160 6,868 6.982 6,995 JCP (entrants)■ — — 14,100 79,320 106,120 — — — — — STEP (entrants)** — — — — 19,700 22,400 18,400 — — — CEP (entrants)‡‡ — — — — — — — 27,554 39,527 — CP (entrants) — — — — — — — — 12,118 134,379 TSTWC (jobs saved) — — — — — 92,919 635,086 166,704 101,389 29,602 STWC (jobs saved) — — — — 15,000 — — — — — JRS (entrants) — — 9,979 14,529 25,643 68,164 24,239 38,674 46,134 44,830 JSS (jobs split) — — — — — — — — 180 656 AES (entrants)† — — — — — 1,446 — — — — TES (entrants)* — 11,262 160,922 197,693 129,160 — — — — — SFES (entrants)# — — — 3,907 82,211 99,030 — — — — EAS (entrants)‡ — — — — — — — — 2,132 26,899 VPP (projects)║ — — — — — — — — not available GMS (numbers helped)¶ 14,333 15,701 16,859 26,536 22,897 9,785 5,668 5,367 4,879 3,780 Careers Service Grants (posts funded) — 150 170 240 335 450 550 780 1,030 1,060 Grants for Career Officers' training (careers officers trained) — — — — — — — 124 125 125 TUET number of trade union officials benefiting from the grant cannot be quantified Services for seriously disabled (disabled persons)†† 13,597 13,755 13,345 13,311 13,899 13,872 13,839 14,351 14,410 14,936 * RSSL ran from 13 October 1975 to 30 September 1976—figure of 30,179 represents total entrants to scheme and covers two financial years (1975–76 and 1976–77). † AES ran from 7 August 1978 to 30 June 1979 and figure of 1,446 entrants covers 1978–79 and 1979–80 financial years. ‡ EAS was operated as pilot scheme in live areas only between January 1982 and August 1983 thereafter it has been operated nationally. ║ It is estimated that some 40,000 are helped in a full year. Participants are volunteers who remain on the unemployment register. ¶ Figures relate to persons assisted under the employment transfer scheme only and exclude persons assisted under the job search scheme, free forward fares scheme and the speculative temporary transfer scheme as figures are not available for these schemes, ● Currently supports 96 projects. ■ Scheme closed for applications 31 August 1978. * Scheme closed for applications 31 March 1979. # Scheme closed for applications 31 March 1980. ** Scheme closed for applications 31 March 1981. ‡‡ Scheme incorporated into Community Programme. †† Number supported at the end of each financial year.