§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act and associated statutes have taken place in the Keighley area during 1978; and what is the average fine imposed.
§ Mr. John GrantThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that during 1978 eight cases were brought by the Health and Safety Executive against five defendants under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act and the Factories Act in the Keighley division. The fines totalled £900, giving an average fine per case of £112.15.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of jobs supported by temporary employment subsidy in Keighley travel-to-work area in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 to the most recent practicable date.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that information is not available in the form requested.
The cumulative total of jobs supported by TES in the Keighley employment office 787W area from the inception of the scheme in August 1975 to 30 March 1979 is 1,808.
However, the number of jobs involved in applications approved in Yorkshire and Humberside region as a whole, and the proportion this represents of all approvals in Great Britain during the same period, are given in the schedule below in the form requested by my hon. Friend.
Jobs involved in applications approved York and Humberside Percentage of Great Britain total 1976 … 15,305 9.5 1977 … 23,573 11.9 1978 … 17,456 13.5 1979* … 1,711 13.0 * To 28 February.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Temporary employment subsidy 42 — — — — — Temporary short-time working compensation scheme 58 77 — — — — Small firms employment subsidy 60 41 — — — — Job release scheme 71 136 78 29 6 2 Adult employment subsidy 1 — — — — — Job introduction scheme 0.2 — — — — — Youth opportunities scheme 173 172 — — — — Community industry 17 17 — — — — Special temporary employment programme 89 113 — — — — Job creation programme 3 — — — — — Special training measures 27 — — — — — These figures include the cost of commitments made under schemes before 1 April 1979 as well as the cost of the programme of measures announced for 1979–80.
It is not possible to provide estimates of the numbers who will be assisted in each financial year by each of the measures as take-up cannot be precisely predicted.
§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the cost of unemployment benefit for the years 1977 and 1978; and what was the latest cost of administration of his Department and that of the employment offices, job centres and the special employment and training measures for the same years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services that the cost of unemployment benefit for 1977–78 was £629
788Wtaken advantage of the small firms employment subsidy in the Keighley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 28 February 1979, 48 small manufacturing firms in the Keighley travel-to-work areas had successfully applied under the small firms employment subsidy scheme.