§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving, for each month since each scheme started, the number of individuals covered by each of the following special employment and training measures: (a) temporary employment subsidy, (b) job release scheme, (c) job creation programme work, (d) work experience programme, (e) community industry, (f) youth employment subsidy, (g) job introduction scheme, (h) small firms employment subsidy, (i) training places supported by industry, and (j) training services agency special courses for young people.
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§ Mr. GoldingMonthly estimates of the numbers of persons covered by the various special employment and training programmes are issued to the Press with the monthly unemployment figures. For convenience a table summarising the
Date of Press Notice … April May June July August Measure … 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 Temporary Employment Subsidy … 193,385 199,009 199,129 189,707 182,972 Job Release Schemes … 10,254 12,066 13,186 14,239 13,823 Job Creation Programme … 39,098 41,069 42,464 43,962 42,583 Work Experience Programme … 8,048 11,316 10,506 14,268 17,284 Community Industry … 3,783 3,799 3,908 4,055 4,018 Youth Employment Subsidy … 13,054 14,190 14,130 13,708 12,224 Job Introduction Scheme … — — — — 10 Small Firms Employment Subsidy … — — — — — Training places supported in industry … 33,000 30,825 30,586 30,181 30,600 TSA special courses for young people … 2,447 4,448 3,486 3,496 3,035
Date of Press Notice September October November December January Measure … 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 Temporary Employment Subsidy … 187,373 185,500 189,400 186,000 173,450 Job Release Schemes … 13,641 13,335 12,981 12,675 12,051 Job Creation Programme … 43,593 43,296 45,071 46,220 47,387 Work Experience Programme … 20,683 25.637 29,966 32,781 34,221 Community Industry … 4,212 4,366 4,423 4,629 4,474 Youth Employment Subsidy … 9,363 6,006 4,407 3,138 2,793 Job Introduction Scheme … 38 48 51 55 36 Small Firms Employment Subsidy … 893 1,521 2,081 2,575 3,372 Training places supported in industry … 28,659 29,397 24,589 33,540 29,263 TSA special courses for young people … 1,536 6,097 8,952 8,896 3,429
Date of Press Notice February March April May June Measure … 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 Temporary Employment Subsidy … 180,357 174,200 173,100 166,750 170,500 Job Release Schemes … 11,634 11,305 10,376 9,716 9,534 Job Creation Programme … 48,683 51,414 60,150 58,652 55,851 Work Experience Programme … 34,221 38,718 40,560 — — Community Industry … 4,445 4,572 4,644 4,755 4,761 Youth Employment Subsidy … 3,818 5,993 8,315 8,885 7,715 Job Introduction Scheme … 61 104 112 136 135 Small Firms Employment Subsidy … 4,093 3,205 3,693 3,575 3,907 Training places supported in industry … 27,839 26,232 27,099 27,438 26,467 TSA special courses for young people … 6,841 6,611 4,068 — — Notes: (1) The Work Experience Programme and the TSA special courses for young people finished as separate programmes on 31st March 1978. (2) On 1st April 1978 two new measures were introduced, the Youth Opportunities Programme and the Special Temporary Employment Programme. The figures for May 1978 were 32,000 and 100 respectively; for June 1978 they were 33,000 and 300 respectively. The figures for the Youth Opportunities Programme include people on projects which formerly came under the Work Experience Programme. (3) On 15th May 1978 a short-time working compensation scheme was introduced as a consequence of the modifications made to the Temporary Employment Subsidy. The first set of figures—June 1978—shows 67 people being covered.