HC Deb 22 October 1984 vol 65 c416W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the number of people suffering from dysentery, (b) food poisoning, (c) typhus, (d) cholera and (e) paratypoid fever in Wales for 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and until August; and what information he has as to how many such people contracted the respective diseases in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of people suffering from the infectious diseases specified, from 1980 to 1984, is detailed below:

Number
Youth Training Scheme Clwyd 2,777
Young Workers Scheme Denbigh/Llangollen 33

The following costs are national averages based on the latest information and estimates and where appropriate include assumptions about periods of participation on schemes and the number of supervisors employed. They do not take into account savings in the payments of benefits or flow-backs to the Exchequer from tax and national insurance. The cost in any particular area for a particular scheme may vary from the national average.

Estimated average cost per person supported under the measure
Measure £
Community Industry 2,330
Community Programme 2,840
Enterprise Allowance Scheme 1,934
Job Release Schemes 3,250
Job Splitting Scheme 750
Temporary Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 495
Young Workers Scheme 560
Youth Training Scheme 1,800