§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total amount of temporary employment subsidy paid and the total number of jobs 201W covered in Scotland and England, respectively, for each month in which the scheme has operated.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that estimates of the number of workers whose jobs were being supported by TES are not available
Scotland England Estimated number of jobs supported Expenditure* Estimated number of jobs supported Expenditure* (£) (£) 1977— July 24,200 NA 147,700 NA August 24,200 NA 152,000 NA September 23,700 NA 151,900 NA October 23,000 NA 150,000 NA November 23,300 NA 154,300 NA December 20,900 NA 139,300 NA 1978— January 20,000 NA 134,000 NA February 21,000 NA 142,100 NA March 21,000 NA 140,000 NA April 20,100 1,538,330 137,200 10,078,215 May 19,900 1,493,660 139,100 11,270,760 June 19,600 1,408,030 135,500 12,959,895 July 18,500 1,238,300 129,900 11,176,955 August 17,600 1,137,340 124,700 11,547,525 September 16,100 1,029,150 115,500 11,169,505 October 15,300 1,284,895 109,500 8,069,815 November 13,700 923,405 99,200 9,185,340 December 12,200 552,180 88,000 6,163,070 1979— January 10,700 1,070,020 78,100 7,156,335 February 8,300 693,590 59,900 5,828,400 * Provisional figures. NA = Not available.