HC Deb 29 November 1982 vol 33 c30W
Mr. John Garrett

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been provided in Norwich by each of the job creation schemes.

Mr. Alison

I regret that the information is not available in exactly the form requested. The following table details the number of people in Norwich who are currently being supported under the various special employment measures.

Measure Number supported
Temeporary short-time working compensation scheme (see Note 1) Nil
Job release scheme (see Note 2) 602
Youth opportunities programme (see Note 3) 1,000
Community industry (see Note 4) Nil
Community enterprise programme/community programme (see Note 5) 33
Young workers scheme (see Note 6) 945
  1. 1. At the present time there are no potentially redundant jobs covered by the scheme.
  2. 2. The figure represents the number of people being supported on 3 November 1982.
  3. 3. The figure quoted is the cumulative total of entrants into the programme since April 1982.
  4. 4. At the present time there is no unit in Norwich.
  5. 5. The community enterprise programme was merged into the community programme on 1 October. The figure quoted shows the number supported by both programmes.
  6. 6. The figure is for the total number of applications approved since the start of the scheme in January 1982.