§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a list of all the measures taken by the Government towards cutting the number of unemployed; and if he will show against each measure the amount of Government finances thus allocated.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIn the last Budget Statement and subsequently we have announced the following measures to assist in reducing the number of unemployed:
Estimated additional central Government costs in 1975–76 and 1976–77 £ million Temporary employment subsidy 16 Job creation 30 Additional training and employment services 77.8 Labour mobility 8.7 Recruitment subsidy for school leavers 5 Extension of community industry 1.5 Strengthening the career service 1.5 In addition, £180 million has been allocated for the acceleration of capital projects by individual firms and for industrial modernisation schemes; an extra £20 million has been allocated to the building of advance factories and the modernisation of existing factories and industrial estates.
Broadly similar measures for Northern Ireland have been announced; the cost will be of the order of £9.5 million in 1975–76 and 1976–77.