HC Deb 29 January 1976 vol 904 cc346-8W
Mr. Steen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of people who have taken advantage of the resettlement transfer scheme in each of the regions since September 1975;

(2) how many people, since September 1975, have taken advantage of the resettlement transfer scheme in the light of Government's special measures to reduce unemployment on Merseyside.

Mr. John Fraser,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16th January 1976; Vol. 903, c. 255], gave the following information:

EMPLOYMENT TRANSFER SCHEME—TOTAL MOVEMENT (I.E. SETTLING-IN-GRANTS PAID) QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1975
SUMMARY A
Exporting Area—Adults and Young Persons
Importing Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total
1. London—North West … … 1 2 2 14 14 12 23 10 26 8 31 40 2 9 11 26 13 29 33 2 6 314
2. London—North East … … — — — 1 5 4 19 2 10 3 17 11 1 3 5 8 6 14 13 8 3 133
3. London—South … … … — — 1 12 8 11 8 12 9 3 13 7 — 4 14 10 11 12 8 3 6 152
4. South East … … … 3 1 — 15 7 6 15 9 10 8 9 16 — 5 8 7 9 12 17 2 5 164
5. Southern … … … … 2 2 1 14 18 14 17 16 33 12 21 34 1 10 20 29 19 20 27 9 11 330
6. Eastern … … … … 1 5 2 8 10 31 6 17 17 9 13 25 — 9 12 8 12 19 15 18 12 249
7. South West—Assisted … … — 1 — 1 5 2 21 6 5 — 1 4 — 1 6 — 4 1 2 2 — 62
8. South West—Remainder … — — — 2 8 6 23 15 5 2 3 7 — 3 7 1 4 4 3 — 1 94
9. North West … … … 1 — 2 5 5 5 4 3 54 13 42 17 — 1 5 20 11 40 18 2 2 250
10. Manchester … … … — 1 — 2 5 1 2 3 12 5 24 14 1 — 5 12 5 10 8 2 2 114
11. Merseyside … … … — — 1 — 1 — 3 1 14 11 35 22 — 2 1 7 3 7 8 3 2 121
12. Wales … … … … 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 8 10 8 19 112 1 6 17 8 6 6 8 4 4 232
13. Western—Assisted … … — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1
14. Western—Remainder … … 1 1 2 6 9 7 28 20 10 1 9 30 2 21 17 7 3 9 8 7 5 203
15. West Midlands … … … — — 1 2 1 4 8 5 13 3 10 29 — 2 9 6 3 15 15 6 8 140
16. Scotland West … … … — — — 5 7 2 3 1 12 9 17 5 2 — 8 107 83 12 6 2 1 282
17. Scotland East and North … 1 1 2 2 8 7 5 2 12 10 17 8 1 — 10 150 336 22 15 5 2 616
18. North East … … … — — 1 6 4 5 2 2 14 8 14 4 2 3 2 14 6 87 27 8 5 214
19. East Pennine … … … — 1 — 1 3 5 7 4 11 7 25 10 — 3 6 7 15 36 60 12 3 216
20. East Midlands—Assisted … 6 4 — 3 — 1 2 1 9 4 5 8 — 1 1 2 3 10 16 4 3 83
21. East Midlands—Remainder … 1 — — 1 16 6 4 5 13 1 6 14 2 — 4 7 8 11 15 17 13 144
Total … … … … 18 20 16 101 136 131 207 142 299 125 331 418 15 83 168 436 560 376 322 116 94 4,114

Note: The number beside each item in the left hand column is a key reference to the number at the top of each column.