HC Deb 01 August 1978 vol 955 cc204-5W
14. Mr. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will extend the experimental scheme of £20 a week for employers who employ workers who have been out of a job for a year or more to include Sunderland.

Mr. Booth

It would not be feasible to include Sunderland within the adult employment subsidy experiment because of the lack of other suitable comparable areas with which to make the comparisons on which the experiment is based. I intend to consider the possibility of extension of the scheme to other areas in the light of the outcome of the experiment.