§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the Government's expenditure on publicity for the job release scheme for each year in which it has existed;
(2) if he will list the number of new participants in the job release scheme for each year in which it has existed.
(3) if he will list the Government's total expenditure on the job release scheme for each year in which it has existed.
510W
§ Mr. John LeeI am afraid that the information about expenditure on publicity for the scheme is available only at disproportionate cost. In addition some publicity on the job release scheme is impossible to separate from overall action for jobs publicity. However, the information requested on new entrants and scheme costs is set out in the tables.
Table 1: New entrants onto the job release scheme 1976–77 to 1987–88 Numbers 1976–77 9,979 1977–78 14,529 1978–79 25,643 1979–80 68,164 1980–81 24,239 1981–82 38,674 1982–83 46,134 1983–84 44,045 1984–85 14,895 1985–86 11,960 1986–87 12,046 1987–88 18,226 1 April to December 1987.
Table 2: Cost of the job release scheme 1976–77 to 1987–68 £ million 1976–77 2.00 1977–78 15.30 1978–79 21.70 1979–80 85.40 1980–81 135.95 1981–82 134.14 1982–83 211.77 1983–84 258.20 1984–85 280.00 1985–86 187.40 1986–87 1109.55 1987–88 283.80 1 Provisional outturn. 2 Supply estimate.