HC Deb 15 July 1980 vol 988 cc467-8W
Mrs. Fenner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the increase in 1980–81 over 1979–80 in the allocation by the Manpower Services Commission to the Medway travel-to-work area for the youth opportunities programme; and if he will set up a special training centre for the young unemployed in Rochester and Chatham.

Mr. Jim Lester

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission (MSC)

entrants to the programme have increased by about a fifth over the corresponding period last year, a level of increase anticipated by the plans for the programme in 1980–81