§ 43. Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make
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Local Authority Number of applications Number of projects approved Number of applications rejected or withdrawn Number of application under consideration SCOTLAND: Strathkelvin District Council … … 9 5 4 — Dumbarton District Council … … 1 1 — — Irvine Development Corporation … … 3 1 1 1 Kilmarnock and Louden District Council … … 2 2 — — Eastwood District Council … … 1 1 — — Banff and Buchan District Council … … 1 1 — — Aberdeen District Council … … 2 2 — — Strathclyde Regional Council … … 34 26 1 7 City of Glasgow District Council … … 19 13 1 5 Clydebank District Council … … 5 4 — 1 Cumbernauld Development Corporation … … 2 1 — 1 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council … … 7 4 — 3 Cumnock and Doone Valley District Council … … 3 2 — 1 Cunninghame District Council … … 3 3 — — East Kilbride District Council … … 2 1 — 1 Inverclyde District Council … … 7 6 1 — Hamilton District Council … … 5 4 — 1 Lanark District Council … … 5 3 1 1 Monklands District Council … … 12 8 — 4 Motherwell District Council … … 11 7 2 2 Nithsdale District Council … … 2 1 — 1 Renfrew District Council … … 15 9 4 2 Fife Regional Council … … 16 8 2 6 Edinburgh District Council … … 11 8 1 2 Dundee District Council … … 11 11 — — Kirkcaldy District Council … … 4 4 — — Tayside Regional Council … … 4 3 1 — Lothian Regional Council … … 15 11 4 — Western Isles Islands Council … … 7 5 2 — Glenrothes Development Corporation … … 2 2 — — Dunfermline District Council … … 6 2 4 — North-East Fife District Council … … 5 2 3 — a statement about progress in implementing the job creation scheme.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that, up to 6th February, 1,724 applications had been received from all areas of Great Britain proposing the creation of 19,943 jobs and requesting a total grant of £25.24 million. 722 applications had been approved, creating 9,207 jobs at a total cost to the Manpower Services Commission of £10.13 million.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many projects have been submitted under the Government's job creation programme by each local authority in the North-West Region, the Yorkshire and Humberside Region, and Scotland, respectively; and how many of these projects have been approved, how many rejected, and how many are still being considered at the present time.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is as follows:
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Local Authority Number of applications Numbers of projects approved Numbers of applications rejected or withdrawn Number of applications under consideration SCOTLAND (continued): Midlothian District Council … … 2 2 — — Stirling District Council … … 1 1 — — East Lothian District Council … … 3 2 1 — Caithness District Council … … 3 3 — — Central Regional Council … … 1 1 — — Highland Regional Council … … 1 — 1 — Falkirk District Council … … 1 1 — — Livingston Development Corporation … … 2 2 — — Lochaber District Council … … 1 1 — — NORTH-WEST ENGLAND: Halton Borough Council … … 6 3 2 1 Merseyside County Council … … 7 5 — 2 Liverpool City Council … … 17 15 — 2 West Lancashire District Council … … 3 1 — 2 Wirral Borough Council … … 7 3 — 4 Ellesmere Port Borough Council … … 5 4 1 — Cheshire County Council … … 2 — — 2 Sefton Borough Council … … 23 5 12 6 Knarsley Borough Council … … 11 6 3 2 St. Helens Borough Council … … 6 4 1 1 Fylde Borough Council … … 7 — — 7 Preston Borough Council … … 2 1 — 1 Hyndburn Borough Council … … 10 — — 10 Oldham Metropolitan Council … … 20 10 4 6 Chorley Borough Council … … 3 — — 3 Salford City Council … … 1 — — 1 Greater Manchester Borough Council … … 2 — — 2 Rossendale Borough Council … … 5 — — 5 South Ribble Borough Council … … 9 2 — 7 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council … … 6 3 — 3 Blackburn Borough Council … … 13 2 1 10 Lancashire County Council … … 17 5 — 12 Pendle District Council … … 1 — — 1 Lancaster City Council … … 6 4 1 1 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council … … 8 3 5 — Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council … … 1 1 — — Blackpool Borough Council … … 3 3 — — Burnley Borough Council … … 1 1 — — Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council … … 1 1 — — Congleton Borough Council … … 1 — 1 — Chester Borough Council … … 1 — — 1 Skelmersdale Development Corporation … … 1 — 1 — YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE: Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council … … 6 2 — 4 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council … … 6 — 1 5 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council … … 13 — 2 12 Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council … … 2 2 — — Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council … … 11 2 1 8 South Yorkshire County Council … … 2 1 — 1 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council … … 3 — — 3 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council … … 5 — — 5 South Kirby and Moothorpe Town Council … … 13 1 12 — Humberside County Council … … 5 3 — 2 Beverley District Council … … 1 1 — — Grimsby District Council … … 1 1 — — Kingston upon Hull District Council … … 2 1 — 1 North Wolds District Council … … 7 5 2 — Scarborough District Council … … 2 — — 2
§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much of the money allocated for job creation schemes still remains to be taken up.
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§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that over £25 million of the £40 million originally allocated to the job creation 647W programme has now been applied for. By 13th February, 795 projects had been approved at a cost of £11.07 million. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 12th February that a further £30 million has been allocated to the job creation programme.