§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what is the total number of jobs being supported by temporary employment subsidy, to the most recent available date, in
Industry Position as at 14th May 1978 Total number of jobs Agriculture, forestry and fishing … … … … — 114 Mining and quarrying … … … … … 41 58 Food, drink and tobacco … … … … … 1,123 1,352 Chemicals and allied industries … … … … 20 20 Metal manufacturing … … … … … 100 100 Mechanical engineering … … … … … 512 530 Instrument engineering … … … … … — 65 Shipbuilding … … … … … … … 46 69 Vehicles … … … … … … … 105 122 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 27 68 Textiles … … … … … … … 8,377 14,622 Electrical engineering … … … … … 75 573 Leather, leather goods, fur … … … … … 23 235 Clothing and footwear … … … … … 3,725 7,721 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 117 494 Timber, furniture … … … … … … 440 471 Paper, printing and publishing … … … … 1,482 1,544 Other manufacturing industries … … … … 166 166 Construction … … … … … … … 733 819 Transport and communication … … … … — 81 Insurance, banking, finance and business services … 10 10 Miscellaneous services … … … … … 25 105 Distributive trades … … … … … … 108 265 TOTAL … … … … … … … 17,255 29,604
§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount spent on temporary employment subsidy in Northern Ireland in the financial year 1977–78.
§ Mr. ConcannonThe total amount spent on temporary employment subsidy in the financial year 1977–78 was £12,162,420.