HC Deb 22 November 1985 vol 87 cc326-7W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Paymaster General how many jobs have been offered to unemployed citizens in Portsmouth and Hampshire, respectively, on the community programme.

Mr. Alan Clark

Forty-one thousand, nine hundred and five people have entered the community programme in the south east region since it started in October 1982. Three thousand, six hundred and fifty of them were in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area. A separate breakdown for Portsmouth and Hampshire is not available.