§ Mr. MuddTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much money his Department has contributed to training, retraining, employment schemes and job clubs and all other programmes to reduce unemployment in Falmouth and Camborne over each of the last 10 years; what forward plans have been made for the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonThe information is not available in the form requested. However, in the last 10 years the Employment Department has provided a range of opportunities to assist the unemployed in the Falmouth and Camborne area, including youth training, community programme, employment training advisory services to jobseekers and job clubs. In the last two financial years —1989–90 and 1990–91, my Department has allocated a total of £200.788 million to the south-west region to assist training and unemployment measures.
Devon and Cornwall TEC has been allocated a budget of £50,062,396 in 1991–92 to enable it to plan and deliver training and enterprise provision in their area. The TEC will be paying particular attention to the needs of the unemployed. Employment service offices in Falmouth, Redruth and Camborne offer a full range of programmes and services to help unemployed people back to work, including advisory interviews, job club, job interview guarantee, travel to interview scheme, Restart courses and help for people with disabilities. Programme development
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Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay period was not affected by absence Average gross weekly earnings Percentage earning less than £220 Percentage earning less than £250 Full.time £ Full.time Per cent. All Per cent. Full-time Per cent. All Per cent. Great Britain All males — 35.5 37.9 47.0 49.0 Manual males 237.2 49.3 51.3 63.4 64.8 Non-manual males — 21.5 24.5 30.5 33.2 All females — 67.5 78.7 76.3 84.6 Manual females — 90.9 95.8 95.2 97.7 Non-manual females — 61.4 71.8 71.4 79.2 All employees — 46.6 56.1 57.2 64.8 funding has also been used for a project, in the Camborne/Redruth area, called "Teamwork" which is providing long-term unemployed clients with the opportunity to increase their employment and training prospects. The employment service Cornwall-Plymouth area office has been allocated £427,825 for expenditure on programmes in 1991–92.