§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider making temporary employment subsidy payable to nationalised industries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoldingIn drawing up the TES scheme it was decided, after careful consideration, to limit it in general to the private sector because employers in the public sector are more open to direct influence by the Government. It is not my intention to extend the scheme to cover the nationalised industries.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider making temporary employment subsidy available to the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoldingAs indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend of 3rd March, temporary employment subsidy is available only exceptionally in the public sector. In drawing up the scheme is was decided after careful consideration that TES could not apply generally to the public sector and it is not my intention to change the present arrangements.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the criteria mentioned in his Written Answer, 3rd March, Column 205, Official Report,
EASTLEIGH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA Notified vacancies remaining unfilled Numbers unemployed at Employment Office at Careers Office March 1969 … … … … 340 161 135 March 1970 … … … … 352 105 112 March 1971 … … … … 410 88 99 March 1972 … … … … 427 79 83 March 1973 … … … … 295 307 149 March 1974 … … … … 303 246 189 March 1975 … … … … 385 105 76 March 1976 … … … … 731 62 41 March 1977* … … … … 763 59 145 * Provisional. The vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to the employment office and careers office and are not a measure of total vacancies in the area. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.