§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places will be available on the community enterprise programme for the current year in (a) Scotland and (b) the Lothian region; and what is the cost of the scheme likely to be in these two areas.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe Manpower Services Commission plans to provide 520 filled places in Lothian region and 4,665 in Scotland by December 1981. In the 1981–82 financial year estimated expenditure on the community enterprise programme in Scotland is £16.5 million. The estimated cost of the provision of places in Lothian region is not available.