§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the subjects on which professional consultants' reports were commissioned by his Department and by the Manpower Services Commission, and the total cost to the Department and the Manpower Services Commission of such reports, in each of the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24 Januuary 1979; Vol. 961, c. 166], gave the following information:
Reports commissioned by the Department of Employment group which includes the Manpower Services Commission and the Health and Safety Commission are as follows:
1974
SUBJECT OF PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS REPORTS
Research into in-plant Training of Redundant Steelworkers: BSC Irlam—Project 1.
Research into in-plant Training of Redundant Steelworkers: BSC Irlam—Project 2.
Study of the Use of Operational Research Techniques in Locating New Skillcentres.
Financial and Management Accounting Systems Study.
Survey of the ADP Requirements of the HSC/HSE.
TOTAL COST = £430, 379
1975
Getting Ready for Work—A Study of Financial Assistance for Young people.
Location of South West Birmingham Skillcentre.
Conversion of Programme for Location of Skillcentre for TSD Use.
520WSurvey into Clerical Commercial Training Assignment.
Survey of the "Training Within Industry" Service of TSD.
Forecasting Future Demand for Technicians in British Industry.
Development of Strategic Planning for Industrial Training.
Design and Installation of Computerised Accounting System.
Study of Executive Recruitment Marketing and Methods.
Socially Disadvantaged Workers—Follow up Study.
Clerical Training Course—The Buying Office Project.
Market Research Study for Training Opportunities Scheme.
Development of Programme Learning Textbook—"How to Fnd Another Job".
National Training Survey (People and Their Work 1975).
HSE Headquarters Location and Dispersal Study.
TOTAL COST = £643, 176
1976
Investigation into Incremental Pay Systems.
Computer Programme to Compile European Social Fund Claim.
Development of Training in the Distributive Trades.
Analysis of Critical Core Skills.
Human Asset Accounting.
Study of Local Labour Markets and Their Response to Individual Need.
Enquiry into Colleges of Further Education Payment Systems.
New Training Opportunities Scheme Application Procedures.
Survey of Employers Attitudes to, and Awareness of the Employment Service and Department of Employment Group Services.
Operation Statistics Project.
Training for the Management of Safety Project.
Training for Energy Conservation Project.
Pilot Survey to Provide Data to Assist Decision Making on Films and Public Sector Organisations not Covered by Industrial Training Board.
Survey of the Employment and Training Services Handling of Redundancy at Linwood.
Survey of the Young Unemployed.
Study of the Social and Psychological Impact of Unemployment.
Survey of Skilled Men Previously Employed in the Engineering Industry.
Follow up Survey of Ex-Employees of the Job Creation Programme.
TOTAL COST £348, 113
521W1977
Study of Jobs and Organisation of Work.
Study of Joint Unemployment Vacancies and Operating Statistics System.
Study of Computerisation of ESD Services.
Study of New Types of Computerised Processes for Use in ESD.
Joint Unemployment and Vacancy Operative Statistics Project.
Study of Staff Costing Methods.
Jobseeker Attitude Survey.
Operational Research Study of Industrial Training in the Midlands.
Preliminary Study of Major Administrative Procedures for Introducing New Speacial Programmes for the Unemployed.
Survey of the Effects of Technological Change on Employment.
Evaluation of Safety Management Training.
Development of Storage and Retrieval System Project.
Mid-Career Development of Managers and Specialists.
Management Development in Great Britain—Case Studies of Appropriate Management Development Practice.
Study of the Clerical Training Award Scheme.
Study of Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers Recruitment and Training.
Training Data for a proposed new Scottish Local Authority Training Organisation Project.
Development of a Marketing Scheme for Sponsored Training.
Advice on Management Systems.
Responses to the Consultative Document, "The New Special Programmes for Unemployed People … The Next Steps".
Survey of Labour Shortages.
Work Experience Programme Trainee Survey.
Second Follow up Survey of Former Job Creation Programme Employees.
Follow up Survey of Former Job Creation Programme Employees: Cohort Study.
Cohort Study of Former Job Creation Programme Employees April 1977 Sample.
TOTAL COST £374, 637
1978
Evaluation of Capital Project.
Message Switch and Vacancy Project.
Survey of Market for Careers Publications.
British Steel Corporation Redundancy Study.
Capital Evaluation Project—Employer Survey.
Employers Case Studies of Implementing Positive Policies for Disabled People.
Employers Attitudes Towards Employing Disabled People.
Information Service on Aids and Adaptations for Disabled People Project.
Survey of Disabled People's Attitudes to Quota and Registration.
522WEvaluation of Occupational Guidance.
Survey of Employers Attitudes Towards Professional and Executive Recruitment.
Survey of Wages Paid to Job Creation Programme Employees.
Pilot Study on the Nature of Accounting Technician Employment.
Survey of Training Information Needs.
Developing Repertory Grid as a Tool for Management Development.
Computer Assisted Training Project.
Survey of Providers of Direct Training.
Advice on Reconciliation of Computerised System with Manual Records.
Longer Term Policy for 16–19-year-olds Project.
Survey of Training Needs in the Ports Industry.
Assessing Criteria for the Evaluation of the Directorate of Training.
Survey into Training Office Staff for Overseas Trade.
Feasibility Study on the cost and Benefits of Industrial Training.
Survey of Training Needs in the Stoke-on-Trent Area.
Local Labour Market Study of Semi-Skilled Vacancies.
Special Programmes for the Unemployed Project.
Manpower Services Commission Computer needs Study.
Follow up Study on the Effect of Technological Change on Employment.
Survey of Labour Shortages in the West Midlands.
Sheffield/Rotherham Labour Market Study—Employers Survey.
Hackney/Islington Employment Brief.
Wrexham and Deeside Manpower Study—Employers Survey
Work Experience Programme Employers Survey.
Job Creation Programme Sponsors Survey.
TOTAL COST £852,719