Government Employment Schemes

HC Deb 22 January 1988 vol 125 cc910-1W

Mr. Allen McKay

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each year since 1979 to date the number of persons employed on Government employment schemes.

Mr. Lee

Figures for each year since 1979 for the employment measures run by my Department and the Manpower Services Commission on which participants have contracts of employment are as follows:

	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987
YWS13	—	—	—	174,266	130,000	66,182	66,000	2,800	—
CI2	8,865	8,176	8,985	8,849	9,612	9,532	9,517	9,813	56,909
STEP/CEP/CP2	22,400	18,400	34,300	51,645	134,400	161,437	241,159	307,999	5189,134
JSS/JS1	—	—	—	180	656	260	268	297	6451
NWS1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37,552	618,700
VPP4	—	—	—	—	945	961	1,282	1,634	51,558
1 Approved applications.
2 Entrants.
3 This scheme closed on 31 March 1986.
4 These are estimated staff employed by sponsors to run projects.
5 April to November 1987.
6 April to December 1987.