§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands are currently in receipt of some form of Government subsidy; and what was the position in May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe numbers of firms receiving payments from the Department of Employment are set out in the following table:
January 1982 Wolverhampton West Midlands† Firms supported by Temporary short time working compensation scheme *43 610 May 1979 Firms supported by temporary short time working compensation scheme; short time working compensation scheme and temporary employment subsidy *10 139 Firms receiving small firms employment subsidy‡ 95 1, 856 *Statistics given relate to the area covered by Wolverhampton employment office. † Statistics given relate to the West Midlands statistical sub-division of the Department of Employment's Midlands region. ‡ Statistics given relate to firms who were approved to claim small firms employment subsidy in February 1981 when final payments were being made.