HC Deb 11 December 1978 vol 960 cc14-6W
Mr. Goodlad

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many schemes and individual places have been approved by the Manpower Services Commission's programme dealing with the youth unemployment special temporary employment programme and the youth opportunities programme in each of the employment areas in Cheshire; how many of these have been sponsored by (a) local authorities, (b) firms and (c) voluntary bodies.

Mr. Golding:

I regret that I am unable to give the information in the precise form requested. I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information which is available relates to

Youth Opportunities Programme Individual places Special Temporary Employment Programme
Area Schemes Young people Adults Schemes Individual places
Chester
Total … 305 640 11 8 77
of which:
Private sector … 268 433 — — —
Local authorities … 20 108 — 3 11
Voluntary organisatlons … 5 29 11 2 29
Congleton
Total … 66 148 — — —
of which:
Private sector … 61 136 — — —
Local authorities … 4 4 — — —
Voluntary organizations … — — — — —
Crewe and Nantwich
Total … 126 275 3 — —
of which:
Private sector … 113 201 — — —
Local authorities … 4 8 — — —
Voluntary organizations … 1 9 3 — —
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Total … 259 560 15 3 63
of which:
Private sector … 223 354 — — —
Local authorities … 7 10 2 3 63
Voluntary organizations … 4 53 7 — —
Halton
Total … 246 1,062 67 5 67
of which:
Private sector … 221 506 — 1 19
Local authorities … 2 31 — 4 48
Voluntary organizations … — — — — —
Macclesfield
Total … 163 343 33 6 74
of which:
Private sector … 144 212 — 1 12
Local authorities … 2 4 — 1 3
Voluntary organizations … 7 81 20 4 59
Vale Royal
Total … 106 381 2 4 19
of which:
Private sector … 94 297 — — —
Local authorities … 6 10 — 2 7
Voluntary organizations … 1 10 2 2 12
Warrington
Total … 272 919 81 8 71
of which:
Private sector … 236 466 — — —
Local authorities … 7 21 — 2 4
Voluntary organizations … 11 185 73 3 51
Cheshire
Total … 1,543 4,328 212 34 371
of which:
Private sector … 1,360 2,605 — 2 31
Local authorities … 52 196 2 15 136
Voluntary organizations … 29 367 116 11 151

the local authority areas within Cheshire. The numbers of schemes and individual places approved under the youth opportunities programme and the special temporary employment programme in each of the local authority areas in Cheshire, according to type of sponsor, are as follows: