§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he received last December an application from Grafton Manquest Limited for assistance 612W under the Temporary Employment Subsidy Scheme; what decision was reached; if he was satisfied at the material time that given such assistance from public funds the company was likely to remain solvent; what sums of money, if any, have been paid to the company; and what proportion of these, if any, he expects to recover from the receivers now that Grafton Manquest has gone into liquidation.
§ Mr. GoldingAn application for temporary employment subsidy from Grafton Manquest Limited was approved from 15th November 1976. Payment, amounting to £6,920, was made in respect of 127 jobs up to and including 17th December 1976. A check made at the time of application indicated that the conditions of the scheme were satisfied and during the period of payment there was no evidence that the company was insolvent or about to become insolvent. Repayment will not be sought because all the jobs were maintained for the full period for which subsidy was paid.