§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Paymaster General what was the total of people on Department of Employment schemes in Greater London in 1978 and in each year since; and how many of these were aged (a) 16 to 17, (b) 17 to 18, (c) 18 to 19 and (d) 19 to 20 years.
§ Mr. Lee[pursuant to his reply, 12 January 1987]: It is not possible to give precise total figures because of the various bases on which local information is collected.
Almost all the employment, training and enterprise measures run by the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission provide opportunities for young people, but a breakdown showing the numbers of young people benefiting from the schemes in the form requested is available only at disproportionate cost. Some of the schemes, however, are aimed specifically at young people. These are YTS, community industry and the new workers scheme, which are currently operating; previous schemes for young people which we were operating during this period but which have now closed were the youth opportunities programme and the young workers scheme.
The number of people who have participated in the training opportunities programme, the youth training scheme, community industry, adult training, the enterprise allowance scheme, voluntary projects programme, the special temporary employment programme, the community enterprise programme, the community programme and the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in Greater London are as follows with figures for the schemes aimed specifically at young people shown separately.
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YOP/YTS and CI 1978 5,522 including 5,292 1979 9,658 including 6,652 1980 39,792 including 11,397 1981 41,759 including 20,369 1982 31,622 including 17,341 1983 49,802 including 22,722
YOP/YTS and CI 1984 59,378 including 24,588 1985 71,869 including 24,371 1986 77,748 including 18,665 In addition, in London and the south-east the following numbers of people were participating in the job release scheme, and job splitting scheme, the young workers scheme and the new workers scheme.
YWS/NWS 1978 4,319 including — 1979 14,425 including — 1980 14,506 including — 1981 11,719 including — 1982 53,887 including 36,758 1983 53,350 including 33,629 1984 33,624 including 16,158 1985 20,351 including 10,379 1986 11,387 including 6,405 YWS was not introduced until 1982. The temporary employment subsidy was also operating during this period, but the number of people participating in the scheme in Greater London and the south-east is available only at disproportionate cost.