HC Deb 28 February 1978 vol 945 cc163-4W
Mr. Raison

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the public expenditure cost of providing assistance for the 320,000 workers whom he told the House, Official Report, 20th February, column 1097, would otherwise be unemployed, the figures to be broken down between the various schemes.

Mr. Golding

The public expenditure cost of providing assistance for the 320,000 workers covered by the special employment and training measures in Great Britain for the month of February 1978 is as follows:

TOTAL £319 million
made up of:
£
Temporary Employment Subsidy 12.8 million
Job Release Scheme 1.3 million
Job Creation Programme 9.8 million
Work Experience Programme 2.7 million
Community Industry 0.7 million
Youth Employment Subsidy 0.2 million
Job Introduction Scheme 7,000
Small Firms Employment Subsidy 0.3 million
Training places supported in industry 2.1 million
Training Services Agency Special courses for young people 2.0 million

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