§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the number of community programme places currently sponsored by voluntary sector agencies;
(2) which voluntary sector agencies sponsor 200 or more community programme places;
(3) which local authorities sponsor 200 or more community programme places.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities that sponsor 100 or more community programme places and give the number or places in each case.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall write to the hon. Members as soon as possible setting out the information that is available and will place a copy of my letters in the Library.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of community programme places allocated within the borough of Sunderland; and how many of these are sponsored by (a) voluntary sector agencies, (b) the local authority and (c) other sponsors.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available in the form requested. The borough of Sunderland is in the South Tyne and Wear area of the employment division of the Manpower Services Commission. On 14 December —the latest date for which figures are available—of the 3,428 filled places in the area, 1,115 were on projects sponsored by or through local authorities, and 2,313 were sponsored by other bodies.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current target figures for placements under the community programme; and how many have been approved by the Manpower Services Commission and how many filled for each Manpower Services Commission area at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) on 26 March at column 29, which set out plans for the allocation of places on the community programme up to October 1986. On 14 December, the640W latest date for which information is available, 130,027 places were filled by employees. Approvals were current in respect of 152,304 places, but this total includes projects yet to start up or in the process of running down, and also takes account of temporary vacancies because of labour turnover. Information is collated centrally and made available about the number of filled places in each region.
Region Filled places at 14 December London 9,376 South East 11,536 South West 8,205 Midlands 24,350 Wales 9,133 North West 21,531 Scotland 17,537 Northern 13,529 Yorks and Humberside 14,830 Great Britain 130,027