§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs are being supported by Government job protection and job creation schemes
Wolverhampton Travel to Work Area West Midlands Measure 30 September 1980 May 1979 30 September 1980 May 1979 Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme* … … … … … … 4,322 Nil — — Job Release Scheme … … … … 222 69 5,602 1,592 Small Firms Employment Susidy … … 26 76 700 1,700 Youth Opportunities Programme† … … 1,130 — 10,200 — Special Temporary Employment Programme‡ … 299 — — — Community Industry§ … … … … Nil Nil 287 300 * Figures are not available for the West Midlands. The figure for the Wolverhampton TTWA is the number of potentially redundant employees who were supported under the TSTWC scheme in September 1980. The number of people supported under the scheme on 30 September 1980 in Midlands Region was 72,400 and 1,700 in May 1979. † Figures are not available for below regional level for May 1979. The number of filled places at the end of May 1979 in Midlands Region was 8,757 and at the end of September 1980 was 21,200. In the area covered by the Birmingham Area Office of the Manpower Services Commission (which includes Wolverhampton) 4,590 young people had joined the programme by 30 September 1980. The figure given for Wolverhampton relates to the Wolverhampton Local Authority District. ‡ At 30 October 1980 919 jobs were supported under the Special Temporary Employment Programme in Midlands Region. At the end of March 1979 2,500 jobs were supported by the scheme in the Midlands Region. Figures for Wolverhampton are not available for May 1979. The figure given for Wolverhampton at 30 September 1980 relates to the area of the Wolverhampton Area Office of the MSC. § There is no Community Industry unit in Wolverhampton.