§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures for the budget and outturn of expenditure for each of the areas administering the youth opportunities programme in the financial year 1978–79.
Area Office 1978/79Planning Budget for YOP 1978/79Expenditure on YOP (£m) (£m) Edinburgh … … … 5.0 1.9 Inverness … … … 1.1 0.2 Strathclyde … … … 12.6 4.4 Dumfries … … … 0.6 0.4 Dundee … … … 2.2 0.4 Sunderland … … … 6.3 3.6 Carlisle … … … 1.3 0.5 Middlesborough … … … 4.9 3.0 York … … … 0.9 0.4 Leeds … … … 3.9 2.1 Sheffield … … … 3.3 1.9 Hull … … … 2.7 1.7 Liverpool … … … 13.3 7.4 Manchester … … … 9.0 4.6 Birmingham … … … 4.7 2.2 Wolverhampton … … … 4.5 2.1 Coventry … … … 4.1 2.4 Nottingham … … … 3.9 1.8 Cardiff … … … 5.2 2.2 Swansea … … … 2.3 1.0 Wrexham … … … 2.7 1.6 Bristol … … … 4.0 2.2 Exeter … … … 5.3 2.4 London … … … 8.1 1.8 Ipswich … … … 4.5 1.4 High Wycombe … … … 3.4 1.0 Southampton … … … 2.3 1.1 Horsham … … … 3.9 1.0
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many mentally handicapped young people (a) in the Northern region, (b) in Durham county and (c) in the Bishop Auckland consti-
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§ Mr. Jim Lester,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25 July 1979; Vol. 971, c. 266],gave the following answer:
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information requested is as given in the table below:
tuency participated in the youth opportunities programme and the special temporary employment programme from 1 April 1978 to 31 March 1979.
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§ Mr Jim Lester,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25 July 1979; Vol. 971, c. 265–6],gave the following answer:
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information relating to the Northern region is not available. It is estimated that by 31 March 1979 some 120 mentally handicapped young people had entered special programmes in the Durham county of which some 20 were in the Bishop Auckland constituency.