§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the total amounts paid and the total number of persons involved in Scotland and England, respectively, in each month since January 1974 under the community industry programme.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The number of young people entering the Community Industry programme in England and 197W Scotland in each quarter since July 1977 is as follows:
England Scotland Q3 1977 (from 14 July 1977) 569 150 Q4 1977 1,163 296 Q1 1978 959 185 Q2 1978 1,279 280 Q3 1978 1,318 257 Q4 1978 1,333 427 Information about entrants to the programme is not available before July 1977: the Manpower Services Commission took responsibility for Community Industry on 1 August 1977.
England Scotland Accepted applications Payments (£) Accepted applications Payments (£) 1977— January 3,964 263,130 760 47,020 February 1,942 429,580 432 88,040 March 1,604 549,850 343 114,030 April 2,019 665,900 448 138,400 May 1,711 1,194,060 345 251,200 June 1,033 913,170 261 190,910 July 796 964,800 246 210,820 August 544 933,820 87 205,770 September 616 1,131,300 143 246,550 October 630 885,990 103 194,770 November 795 947,860 146 205,700 December 577 1,190,830 103 257,300 1978— January 885 939,970 172 197,780 February 627 906,080 120 186,520 March 614 874,670 151 177,320 April 591 1,038,690 122 204,900 May 1,070 754,560 151 145,980 June 1,635 730,280 165 134,340 July 1,691 1,163,940 175 191,230 August 2,312 1,152,880 196 167,370 September 1,905 1,317,640 183 176,640 October 2,646 1,897,590 291 234,590 November 2,040 1,679,740 234 207,380 December 1,591 2,251,640 182 274,490 1979— January 2,704 1,997,840 281 228,210 February 2,212 2,093,830 251 237,730 TOTAL 38,754 28,869,640 6,090 4,914,990