§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals he has to match supply and demand for skilled engineering labour.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1980, c. 3]: It is primarily for
Financial year 1980–81 Measure Cost of Scheme (estimated £m.) Number of participants(estimated) Temporary Short-time Working Compensation * 40.0 350,000 Small Firms Employment Subsidy 6.0 30,000 Job Introduction Scheme 0.5 1,750 Job Release Scheme 138.0 80,000 Community Industry 20.0 10,000 Special Temporary Employment Programme 55.0 25,000 * The figure shown is based on the estimated number of approved applications and relates to workers employers propose to put on short-time working in order to avoid redundancies rather than the number of redundancies averted.