§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out a table indicating the numbers of (a) men and (b) women participating on the community programme, indicating the numbers in part-time and full-time jobs, on the most recent date for which the figures are available.
§ Mr. AlisonOn 31 January 1983, the latest date for which this information is readily available, there were 30,269 full-time and 3,930 part-time participants on the community programme. It is not known precisely how many were men and how many were women, but it is estimated that 80 per cent. of participants were men and 20 per cent. were women.