§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Paymaster General what was the cost of all the Government training schemes and special employment measures for each year from and including the financial year 1972–73; what was the average number of participants in each year; and if he will compare the total expenditure in 1979–80 with that of 1984–85.
§ Mr. LangI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him on 15 January 1985 at columns76–78. Information for 1984–85 is set out in the table. Expenditure on employment and training measures doubled in real terms between 1979–80 and 1984–85.
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Trainees/Participants and Expenditure for Training and Employment Measures 1984–85 Participants £'000s Adult Training Schemes 136,585 251,000 Open Tech 12,000 17,066 Youth Opportunity Programme/Youth Training Scheme (Entrants) 395,000 787,878 Young Workers Scheme (Approved Applications) 66,182 41,300 Community Industry 9,532 23,900 Community Programme (Entrants) 161,437 524,200 Temporary Short Time Working Compensation Scheme (Jobs Saved) 8,009 6,023
Participants £'000s Job Release Scheme (Entrants) 14,895 280,207 Job Splitting Scheme (Jobs Split) 260 217 Enterprise Allowance Scheme (Entrants) 46,816 76,800 Voluntary Projects Programme (Entrants) N/A 9,300