HC Deb 20 July 1979 vol 970 cc842-4W
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the best available estimate of the net cost per person per week employed under the special temporary employment programme, after taking into account savings in unemployment and other benefits and the payment of taxes and national insurance.

Mr. Jim Lester,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19 July 1979; Vol. 970, c. 801], gave the following answer:

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the net cost per person per week of the special temporary employment programme during 1978–79 was estimated to be about £30.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of 19 to 24-year-olds who have been continuously unemployed for more than six months and over 25-year-olds who have been continuously unemployed for more than 12 months live outside the areas to which the special temporary employment programme is now confined.

Mr. Jim Lester,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19 July 1979; Vol. 970, c. 800], gave the following answer:

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that about one-third of the unemployed in these groups live

(i) DOCUMENTS DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL WITHOUT ADOPTION
No. Date Subject Government department responsible
5725/79 22/3/79 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on investment aid at the market processing stage of milk production. MAFF
5877/79 27/3/79 Amendment to the amended proposal for a Council Regulation on technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources. MAFF
5886/79 27/3/79 Alteration of the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. Employment
7348/79 7/6/79 Modified proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on conservation of fishery resources. MAFF
7490/79 12/6/79 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of the Community tariff quota of 38,000 head of heifers and cows, not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within sub-heading ex. 01.02AIIb) of the common customs tariff. Trade
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of the Community tariff quota of 5,000 heads of bulls, cows and heifers, not intended for slaughter, of certain alpine breeds falling within sub-heading ex. 01.02AIIb) of the common customs tariff.
in parts of Great Britain outside the areas now covered by the special temporary employment programme.