HC Deb 13 March 1985 vol 75 c142W
Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which are the 10 largest employers in the county of Humberside; and how many persons are employed by these employers on the youth training programme, community programme and young workers' scheme, respectively.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The Department's employment statistics are collected under the Statistics of Trade Act (1947) which specifically prohibits disclosure of any details of individual firms.

Available information which relates to the largest 10 employers in the county of Humberside at the time of the 1981 census is set out below:

Number
Numbers in training on the Youth Training Scheme at 11.3.85 458
Numbers supported under the Community Programme at 31.1.85 720
Number currently supported under the Young Workers Scheme at 11.3.85 0

Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are employed on the youth training scheme and young workers' scheme by Humberside county council.

Mr. Peter Morrison

32 young people (some of whom may have employee status) are currently in training on a mode A youth training scheme with Humberside county council. In addition, the Council has 1,319 young people in training on college-based mode B2 provision and 75 youngsters in training on a mode B1 training workshop.

Local authorities are not eligible for support under the young workers scheme.

Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many long-term unemployed people are employed on the community programme by Humberside county council.

Mr. Peter Morrison

On 31 January 1985, the latest date for which figures are available, 132 long term unemployed people were employed by Humberside county council on community programme projects.

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