§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish a 415W table showing the number of projects approved under the job creation programme that have been submitted by county councils, giving the number of schemes, the number of man-weeks of work created and the cost of these projects for each county council in Wales at the latest available date;
(2) if he will publish a table showing the number of projects approved under the job creation programme, the number of man-weeks of work created and the total approved cost of these projects, for each of the 37 district councils in Wales at the latest available date.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is being collated and a full reply will be published as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total amount of funds that have to date been allocated to Wales under the job creation programme; how much of this has already been committed on schemes approved to date; and what is the approximate value of projects currently under consideration.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that to date £9.5 million has been allocated to Wales. Up to 8th October, 516 projects had been approved in Wales, providing up to 4,700 jobs at a cost of £6.9 million. 177 applications requesting approximately £1.5 million are currently under consideration.