§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the target figures set by the Manpower 607W Services Commission for the youth opportunities and special temporary employment programmes; what is the number of places which the Manpower Services Commission had expected to have had available by 1st December, the number of actual places negotiated, and the number of places occupied, giving each figure under the respective sub-headings of the youth opportunities Programme, namely, work experience on employers' premises, training Workshops, Community service, and project-based work experience, with separate figures for the special temporary employment programme.
Scheme Places negotiated* Places filled Work experience on employers premises … … 39,800 29,300 Project based work experience … … 5,800 2,000 Training workshops … … 3,200 1,000 Community service … … 7,000 1,600 Work preparation courses … … 17,100 11,200 Special temporary employment programme … … 9,730 2,121 * This figure does not include any places which may have transferred on 1st April from the work experience programme to the youth opportunities programme.