§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adults and young people have been helped by the Government's unemployment relief schemes in (a) Burton-upon-Trent and (b) Uttoxeter in the past year; and what has been the cost of providing this relief.
§ Mr. AlisonIt is not possible to provide the information exactly in the form requested. Detailed records on the numbers participating and their age are not kept on a cumulative basis, nor is information available on the cost of providing the measures to the two towns. The following table details the number of people being supported at the latest date together with the total estimates for Great Britain in this financial year.
Measure Numbers supported at end of June Age of participants (if known) Estimate for 1982–83 Burton Uttoxeter £m Temporary Short-Time Working 509 Nil Compensation See note See note Not Scheme 1 1 known 118 Job Release Scheme 62 31 60.64 243.5 19,900 Youth Opportunities Programme See note 2 16.18 729.5 285 Community Enterprise Programme See note 3 18.64 149 See note See note Community Industry 4 4 16.18 24 Young Workers Scheme 131 20 Under 18 58.9 Notes:
1. The figure constitutes the number of workers sharing short-time to save the potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement was claimed under the scheme in June 1982.
2. The figure represents the number of entrants in 1981–82 in the area administered from the Wolverhampton Area Office of the Special Programmes Division of the Manpower Services Commission.
3. The figure represents the number of filled places at the end of June in the county of Staffordshire.
4. At the present time there is neither an area office nor a "unit" in Staffordshire.