§ Mr. Raisonasked 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. GoldingThe 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