asked the Minister for Labour the amount of money collected from the 1 per cent youth employment levy; and the amount of money that each Department, agency etc., have received each year.
Written Answers. - Youth Employment Levy.
445.
From the introduction of the youth employment levy in April 1982, up to 3 February 1984 the total sum paid to my Department in respect of levy collected amounted to £112,994,061.85.
The total amounts issued during 1982 and 1983 to Departments and agencies from the provision of my Department's Vote for training and employment of young persons are set out below. The relevant Vote subhead represents mainly the estimated receipts of the levy:
|
1982 |
1983 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Youth Employment Agency |
3,755,000 |
5,685,000 |
|
AnCO |
19,300,000 |
32,244,000 |
|
CERT Ltd. |
980,000 |
1,426,000 |
|
Department of the Environment: |
||
|
—Environment Works (Youth Employment) Scheme |
4,000,000 |
8,000,000 |
|
Department of Education: |
||
|
—Pre-employment and secretarial courses |
— |
14,990,000 |
|
Department of Labour: |
||
|
—Grant Scheme for Youth Employment (transferred from Department of Education in 1983) |
2,300,000 |
2,164,748 |
|
—Work Experience Programme |
4,108,620 |
6,970,701 |
|
—Employment Incentive Scheme (youth element) |
— |
4,308,597 |
|
Total |
34,443,620 |
75,789,046 |