§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available on similar Government subventions for the same or related purposes made by the Government of Denmark.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February, 1978, Vol. 944, c. 77], gave the following information:
The list of my Department's measures aimed at alleviating unemployment, with the comparable schemes in Denmark, according to the information available to my Department, including that from the EEC Commission, is given below:
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§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available on similar Government subventions for the same or related purposes made by the Government of the Republic of Ireland.
United Kingdom Schemes Irish Schemes Job Creation Programme … … Community Youth Training Porgramme. Job Creation Programme. Small Firms Employment Subsidy … Employment Incentive Scheme, under which a subsidy of £20 per week is paid in respect of each additional adult—£10 in respect of each additional school leaver—recruited above a certain level. Training in firms … … … … Subsidies to keep up apprenticeship. Job Release Scheme … … … No information is available about comparable Irish schemes. Youth Empoyment Subsidy … … Job Introduction Scheme for Disabled … Community Industry … … … Work Experience Programme … … Special Training Courses (TSA) … … Note: From 1st April 1978, for purposes similar to the temporary employment subsidy, a subsidy of £5 will be paid to all workers on the payroll of firms in clothing, footwear and some sectors of the textile industries to avert possible redundancies.
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available in similar Government subventions for the same or related
United Kingdom Schemes German Schemes Job Creation Programme … … The Federal Labour Institute funds non-commercial projects of public utility up to 60 per cent. of wage costs. Job Introduction Scheme for Disabled … Subsidies of wage costs can be paid in respect of disabled or hard-to-place unemployed people. Special Training Courses (TSA) … … Various kinds of pre-training or advanced training provided. Special measures to maintain training in firms. Grants paid for special additional training facilities for young people. Temporary Employment Subsidy … No comparable schemes known. Job Release Scheme … … … Youth Employment Subsidy … … Community Industry … … … Work Experience Programme … … Small Firms Employment Subsidy …
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available on similar Government subventions for the same or related
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§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978, Vol. 944, c. 77], gave the following information:
The list of my Department's measures aimed at alleviating unemployment, with the comparable schemes in the Republic of Ireland, according to the information available to my Department, including that from the EEC Commission, is given below:
purposes made by the Government of West Germany.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978, Vol. 944, c. 77], gave the following information:
The list of my Department's measures aimed at alleviating unemployment, with the comparable schemes in West Germany, according to the information available to my Department, including that from the EEC Commission, is given below:
purposes made by the Government of the Netherlands.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978, Vol. 944, c. 77], gave the following information:
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United Kingdom Schemes Dutch Schemes Job Creation Programme … … Government subsidies payable to public bodies or non-profit-marking organisations for useful projects employing young people up to age 23. Youth Employment Subsidy … … Various subsidy schemes exist for unemployed young people and adults engaged by private sector firms. In one scheme a straight subsidy is paid in another a percentage of wage costs. Job Introduction Scheme for Disabled … Private employers recruiting unemployed workers who are recognised as difficult to place because of age or long unemployment may receive a subsidy of up to 30 per cent. of their wages for 52 weeks—workers over 45—or 26 weeks—workers under 45. Employers recruiting unemployed disabled persons receive a subsidy of 60 per cent. of wage costs for 12 months and 30 per cent. for the following three months. Special Training Courses (TSA) … … Various schemes provide for training or vocational preparations courses. Special measures to maintain training by firms. Schemes exist to support apprenticeships, training for school-leavers and part-time training. Temporary Employment Subsidy … No comparable schemes known. Job Release Scheme … … … Small Firms Employment Subsidy … Community Industry … … … Work Experience Programme … …
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available on similar Government subventions for the same or related purposes made by the Government of Belgium.
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United Kingdom Schemes Belgian Schemes Job Creation Programme … … The state pays the wage costs of young people engaged on non-commercial projects of social value. Job Release Scheme … … … Men at 60 and Women at 55 have the right to retire on a special pre-pension—about 80 per cent. of normal wages—their employer being obliged to engage in their places a similar number of young persons under 30. Youth Employment Subsidy … … An employer engaging for training an employment an unemployed young person under age 25 may receive a subsidy equivalent to the amount of social security payments made for that young person. Small Firms Employment Subsidy … (1) Firms with fewer that 10 employees receive a subsidy of BF 15,000 for up to three years for each additional recruit. (2) Employers engaging previously unemployed workers above the average work force over a given base period are exempted from social security contributions for a period of six months. Youth Employment Subsidy … … (3) A compulsory employment scheme requires all under-takings with more than 50 workers to recruit and train unemployed persons below age 30 up to 2 per cent. of their workforce and pay them at least 90 per cent. of the skilled rate. Firms engaging more than 2 per cent. receive a subsidy of BF 30,000 for each recruit over the 2 per cent. Firms with fewer than 50 employees receive this subsidy for any additional recruit. Special Training Scheme (TSA) … … Pre-training courses on which unemployed applicants receive unemployment benefit plus travel allowances. able to my Department, including that received from the EEC Commission, is given below:
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978, Vol. 944, c. 77], gave the following information:
The list of my Department's measures aimed at alleviating unemployment, with the comparable schemes in Belgium, according to the information available to my Department, including that from the EEC Commission, is given below:
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United Kingdom Schemes Belgian Schemes Temporary Employment Subsidy … No precisely comparable scheme, but firms in certain industries may receive grants and loans to maintain employment. Job Introduction Scheme for Disabled … No available information about comparable Schemes. Community Industry … … … Work Experience Scheme … … Special measures to support apprenticeship etc. training … … …
Mr. Hookyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the main grants and subsidies designed to reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom, and list in parallel such information as is available on similar Government subventions for the same or related purposes made by the Government of France.
United Kingdom Schemes French Schemes Youth Employment Subsidy … … Excusal of social security contribution in respect of young people under age 25 engaged. Small Firms Employment Subsidy … Incentive bonus paid monthly in respect of unemployed persons below age 25 recruited in craft and business sector—under 10 employees—to bring staff total above a certain level. Work Experience Programme … … Government subsidies for wages in private firms offering work experience for persons aged 16–25. Special measures to maintain training in firms. Excusal of social security contributions for apprenticeships. Temporary Employment Subsidy … No comparable schemes known. Job Creation Programme … … Job Release Scheme … … … Community Industry … … … Special Training Courses (TSA) … Job Introduction Scheme for Disabled …