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Economy: Alan Walters diary (YOP) [Youth Opportunities Programme; Walters, Hoskyns and Wolfson’s opposition][released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 79
Themes: Monetary policy

Tuesday 3rd November 1981

DW [David Wolfson] and JH [John Hoskyns] against YOP [Youth Opportunities Programme] and COSY - much prefer to extend my scheme to all school leavers and young - give em £ 20 a week and you will get real job and output.

DW says YOP cost is about £40-45 a week but some YOPPEPS [Those on the Youth Opportunities Programme] cost £4,000 a year - on carpentry courses. Cannot possibly expand real training at the rate implied.