§ Mr. Gerald Bowdenasked the Paymaster General how many people are currently participating in each of the government-funded employment, training and enterprise programmes in the borough of Southwark; and what were the comparable figures for 1979 and 1983.
§ Mr. LeeIt is not possible to give figures for all schemes for the borough of Southwark because of the various bases on which information is collected. The number of people participating in the following employment and enterprise measures and training in the borough of Southwark on 31 October were:
Number Youth Training Scheme 473 Adult Training 429 Young Workers Scheme 11 Job Splitting Scheme 1 Voluntary Projects Programme 54 In addition, in the area covering the boroughs of Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, and Wandsworth there are 893 people receiving the enterprise allowance and 3,100 participants on the community programme. There is no community industry office in Southwark. However, in Lewisham, Wandsworth and Lambeth, which attract residents of Southwark, there are 227 participants in community industry. In London and the south-east there were 5,005 people participating in the new workers scheme.
Comparable figures for 1979 and 1983 for all of the measures which were then operating are available only at disproportionate cost.