§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total cost to public funds of disturbance allowance payments under the employment transfer scheme of the Employment Services Agency.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that this information is not available in the form requested. The following table records the annual expenditure on disturbance allowance under the employment transfer scheme, the nucleus labour force scheme and the key workers scheme, since the introduction of the facility on 5th April 1972.
Period Expenditure Year ended £ 31 March 1973 132,925 31 March 1974 276,849 31 March 1975 273,336 31 March 1976 664,737 31 March 1977 1,822,769 31 March 1978 2,734,317