§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, pursuant to his Written Answer in the Official Report, 23rd June, columns 364–6, concerning numbers covered by the various special employment and training measures, he will publish in the Official Report information in whatever form is available on the numbers covered by the various employment and training measures before April 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingThe table below gives estimates of the total number of workers or places on each of the special employment and training measures from their inception up to 1 of April 1977:
Measure Estimate of workers or places involved Recruitment Subsidy for School Leavers 30,100 Youth Employment Subsidy 14,820 Temporary Employment Subsidy 229,247 Job Release Scheme 10,656 Community Industry 3,500* Job Creation Programme 58,387 Work Experience Programme 11,088 Training places supported in industry 63,718 TSA special courses for young people 7,799 * This is the number of additional places announced for Community Industry under the special measures programme and therefore does not include the 2,000 places on the original programme.