§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Burnley travel-to-work area have participated in the last three months for which figures are available in (a) job release schemes and (b) job splitting schemes; and how much both schemes have cost during the same period.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe number in the Burnley travel-to-work area in receipt of an allowance under the job release scheme was 352 in March and April and 354 in May. During the same period and in the same area no applications were accepted for the job splitting scheme.
Information about the cost of both schemes is available only for Great Britain and for the period February to April 1984. Provisional expenditure on the job release scheme was £72.7 million and on the job splitting scheme £80,000.