§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for employment if he will list each of the Government-aided schemes aimed at reducing unemployment and the estimated cost of each for the financial year 1984–85; how much will be spent by way of the Manpower Services Commission for job creation, training schemes, the young worker schemes and other special measures designed to help young people; and what is the total amount of public money to be made available to reduce unemployment and create training opportunities.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe table shows expected expenditure (excluding administration costs) on each of the schemes funded by my Department or the Manpower Services Commission designed to promote and preserve employment opportunities or encourage training, including schemes for young people.
1984–85 Provisional outturn 1985–86 Estimates DE— Run Schemes Job Release Scheme (full-time) 280–1 195.0 Job Release Scheme (part-time) 0.2 6.6 Job Splitting Scheme 0.2 6.6 Temporary Short Time Working Compensation Scheme* 6.1 — Training Loans Schemed† (proposed pilot project) — 5.0 Careers Service Strengthening Scheme 11.6 12.3 Young Workers Scheme‡ 41.3 32.0 DE—Schemes and Programmes Administered by MSC Community Programme║ 524.2 714.0 Community Industry 23.9 25.2 MSC—Run Schemes and Programmes Enterprise Allowance Scheme 76.8 111.1 Voluntary Projects Programme 9.3 12.1 Adult and Occupational Training 256.8 261.7 Work-related non-Advanced Further Education — 65.0 Youth Training Schemed¶ 785.1 781.1 Technical and Vocational Education Initiative 26.2 38.4 Total 2,041.8 2,266.1 * Closed for applications 31 March 1984. † Provisional figures; pilot unlikely to start before early 1986. ‡ Closes for applications 31 March 1986. ║ Includes small residual expenditure on former community enterprise programme (colsed 2 October 1982) and increases announced in the Budget. ¶ Includes small residual expenditure on earlier schemes including youth opportunities programme (closed 31 March 1983).