HC Deb 23 October 1975 vol 898 cc262-3W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the total number of jobs that will be created by the £30 million allocated to the Manpower Services Commission in Great Britain, Wales, Scotland and the English regions.

Mr. Harold Walker

No rigid allocation of resources has been made by the Manpower Services Commission but provisional estimates are that the 15,000 jobs to be generated by the job creation programme will be distributed as follows:

Scotland 4,000
Wales 2,000
Merseyside 2,500
South-West Region 500
Northern Region 3,000
Other areas 3,000

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