§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of places on the community programme sponsored by the voluntary sector, local authorities and private industry for each of the years 1986–87 and 1987–88 and for Scotland, England and Wales.
Numbers of authorized community programme places Voluntary Sector Local Authorities Private Sector Country Total Total Percentage Total Percentage Total Percentage Scotland November 1986 36,900 12,900 35 22,900 62 150 0.4 Scotland October 1987 35,300 14,100 40 20,100 57 210 0.6 Wales November 1986 25,900 13,000 50 12,100 47 260 1 Wales October 1987 24,800 11,900 48 12,200 49 300 1 England November 1986 223,100 124,900 56 87,000 39 4,910 2 England October 1987 210,400 113,600 54 82,100 39 6,100 3 Note:
The totals in the three categories do not sum to 100 per cent. because small numbers of places are sponsored by other types of orgaisations.