HC Deb 11 November 1980 vol 992 c129W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked 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.