§ Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Paymaster General how many people are currently participating in each of the Government-funded employment training and enterprise programmes in Derbyshire; and how this compares with the years 1979 and 1983.
§ Mr. LangThe numbers of people participating in programmes in Derbyshire at the end of June are set out in the table. Because of the basis on which local statistics are collected a small proportion may be outside the county.
Scheme June 1979 June 1983 June 1986 Youth Training Scheme *n/a 2,836 5,291 Adult Training Strategy †n/a †120 2,076 Community Programme †n/a 120 2,500 Enterprise Allowance Scheme — — 759 Community Industry 83 100 100 Job Release Scheme 723 1,545 848 Job Splitting Scheme — 4 17 Young Workers Scheme — 1,491 453 New Workers Scheme — — 48 * The forerunner to YTS which operated in 1979 was the youth opportunity programme, for which no relevant figures are available. † Training opportunities programme preceded the adult training strategy, but no figures are available for 1979. ‡ The special temporary employment programme was a forerunner to the community programme in 1979, for which no relevant figures arc available.