§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the annual operating cost of the Manpower Services Commission's special services division; what proportion of its work is involved in the youth opportunities programme; and how many participants there are likely to be during the average week in 1981–82.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1981]: The special programmes division expects to incur administrative costs of some £23 million in 1981–82. This represents approximately 5 per cent. of its cash limit for the year.
The proportion of the division's activity which relates to the youth opportunities programme is estimated to be between 80 and 90 per cent. During 1981–82 there are expected to be an average of some 170,000 young people participating in the youth opportunities programme each week.