§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications have been received and approved and at what cost during the past year for payments under the employment transfer scheme in respect of persons (a) moving to Scotland and (b) moving from Scotland.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of applications approved during the year ended 30th June 1976, totalled 1,003 in respect of persons moving into Scotland, and 1,398 in respect of persons moving from Scotland. In addition, 3,128 applications were approved in respect of moves within Scotland.
Payments under ETS are recorded in the areas in which they are made, and they cannot be identified according to whether they relate to transfers from Scotland. In the year ending 30th June 1976, £1,596,830 was paid in Scotland under ETS and related schemes. This amount is broadly equivalent to the cost of payments for transfers both within Scotland and into Scotland, although it does not include some of the forward fares paid to workers moving into Scotland. In the same period, expenditure on ETS and related schemes throughout Great Britain totalled £6,980,243.