§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of jobs in the bacon processing industry for which temporary employment subsidy is currently being paid, and the estimated annual cost.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that the information requested is not available and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost. Figures for the estimated number of jobs currently supported are held only for the main industrial sectors; that is the standard industrial classification order number.
208Wunemployed and of unfilled vacancies in the Basingstoke employment office area in March each year from 1973. The unemployment figures include, but do not separately identify, persons who were formerly self employed.
§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of jobs in food and drinks industry for which temporary employment subsidy is currently being paid, and the estimated annual cost.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that information is not available in the precise form requested. As at 31st December 1977, the latest date for which figures are available, approximately 5,518 jobs were currently being supported by the temporary employment subsidy in the food, drink and tobacco sectors—SIC order III—at an estimated gross cost of £4,690,000 over the period of payment of subsidy.
§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of jobs in the meat processing industry for which temporary employment subsidy is currently being paid, and the estimated cost.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that the information requested is not available and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost. Figures for the estimated number of jobs currently supported are held only for the main industrial sectors; that is, standard industrial classification order number.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, sector by sector, for each quarter since the inception of the temporary employment subsidy the number of jobs supported by the scheme.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that statistics giving TES current support by sector are only available from the quarter ending 30th June 1977. The available information is shown in the schedules below: 209W
ESTIMATED CURRENT SUPPORT BY SECTOR (MAIN SCHFME) 30th June 30th September 31st December 1977 1977 1977 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing … … … … 1,240 984 411 Mining and Quarrying … … … … … 1,380 1,110 249 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … … 4,820 4,555 4,670 Coal and Petroleum Products … … … … 160 — 123 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 2,090 1,980 1,576 Metal Manufacture … … … … … 3,440 3,752 3,504 Mechanical Engineering … … … … … 8,570 8,087 6,930 Instrument Engineering … … … … … 1,610 1,342 695 Electrical Engineering … … … … … 9,960 8,718 4,369 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 2,770 2,146 424 Vehicles … … … … … … … 3,640 2,964 1,124 Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified … … … 7,690 6,973 3,990 Textiles … … … … … … … 41,430 41,314 43,047 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 2,900 2,634 1,959 Clothing and Footwear … … … … … 50,830 43,130 35,072 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. … … … 4,270 3,929 2,985 Timber, Furniture etc. … … … … … 7,120 7,894 8,542 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … … … 10,460 9,079 5,511 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 3,580 3,275 2,961 Construction … … … … … … 6,260 6,233 6,328 Gas, Electricity and Water … … … … 10 — — Transport and Communication … … … … 1,370 1,170 1,125 Distributive Trades … … … … … 4,640 4,667 4,233 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … 340 286 162 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 230 211 137 Miscellaneous Services … … … … … 4,090 3,635 2,373 Public Administration and Defence … … … — — — Totals … … … … … … … 184,810 170,050 142,500
ESTIMATED CURRENT SUPPORT BY SECTOR (TES SUPPLEMENT) 30th September 31st December 1977 1977 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing … … … … … 88 137 Mining and Quarrying … … … … … … 45 200 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … … … 849 848 Coal and Petroleum Products … … … … … — — Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … … 46 292 Metal Manufacture … … … … … … 400 423 Mechanical Engineering … … … … … … 471 651 Instrument Engineering … … … … … … 52 381 Electrical Engineering … … … … … … 341 649 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … … 70 62 Vehicles … … … … … … … … 168 219 Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified … … … … 812 1,171 Textiles … … … … … … … … 6,010 11,244 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … … 10 496 Clothing and Footwear … … … … … … 7,047 13,734 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. … … … … 113 490 Timber, Furniture etc. … … … … … … 328 813 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … … … … 1,765 1,838 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … … 559 502 Construction … … … … … … … 266 661 Gas, Electricity and Water … … … … … — — Transport and Communication … … … … … 85 201 Distributive Trades … … … … … … 520 1,847 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … … 10 23 Professional and Scientific Services … … … … — — Miscellaneous Services … … … … … … 247 478 Public Administration and Defence … … … … — — Totals … … … … … … … … 20,302 37,360