§ Mr. Raisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the cost of the current employment and training measures, broken down by the various schemes; and how many jobs he estimates each of these schemes is saving.
§ Mr. GoldingThe table below gives, for each of the current special employment
Measure Estimated expenditure in 1978–79 (£ million) Number of people being assisted Temporary employment subsidy … … … … 147 107,400 Short-time working compensation scheme … … … 2.5 8,335 Small firms working compensation scheme … … … … 14.5 29,349 Job release scheme … … … … … … 22 19,421 Adult employment subsidy … … … … … 0.3 524 Job introduction scheme … … … … … … 0.2 154 Youth opportunities programme … … … … 63 55,000 Community Industry … … … … … … 12 5,055 Special temporary employment programme … … … 11 6,000 Training places supported in industry … … … … 40 24,338