§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures for 1985, 1986 and 1987 and for each standard region of the number of sheltered placement scheme places(a) approved and (b) occupied.
Financial year 1985–86 Financial year 1986–87 Financial year 1987–88 Employment service region Places occupied at 31 March 1986 Approved ceiling at 31 March 1987 Places occupied at 31 March 1987 Approved ceiling at 31 March 1988 Places occupied at 31 March 1988 South East 448 491 476 669 650 London 124 226 168 319 259 South West 311 422 376 490 472 West Midlands 1306 338 328 491 450 East Midlands and Eastern 363 359 522 479 Yorkshire and Humberside 134 227 209 322 306 North West 219 344 300 423 376 Northern 58 93 72 120 99 Wales 88 178 149 239 240 Scotland 146 281 247 379 389 1 The figure of 306 occupied places relates to the whole of the former midlands region.