§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is able to estimate the number of people who will be returned to the unemployment register from job creation or work experience schemes in the next three months.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 307 job creation projects in Scotland in which 3,372 jobs have been approved are due to terminate in the next three months; in the same period about 1,600 young people are due to leave work experience schemes.
The number who will return to the unemployment register cannot be predicted. It is estimated, however, that for the job creation programme as a whole, 780W is a matter for the local authorities concerned working through established procedures for negotiating pay settlements in local government. Information about the extent of the differences is not available centrally.