§ Mr. Michael McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the various schemes which the Government have introduced since March 1974 to find jobs for the unem
1st April 1974 1st April 1976 Increase Percentage increase Department of Employment … … 14,558 22,543 7,985 55 MSC, TSA, ESA, HSE and ACAS … … 19,184* 25,164 5,980 31 Total … … 33,742 47,707 13,965 41 * This figure represents the number of staff in the Manpower Services Commission and the Training Services Agency and also the estimated number of staff in the Department of Employment who were engaged on functions subsequently transferred to the Employment Service Agency, Health and Safety Executive and the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service when these bodies became independent. Most of the increase in the number of staff in the Department of Employment was for work connected with the payment of unemployment benefit. Figures for casual staff have been excluded.