§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed by the community programme in Waltham Forest; and how many of these are long-term unemployed.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt the end of March there were 1,009 people employed under the community programme in the Manpower Services Commission's east London area, which includes Waltham Forest. Of the 1,368 people who had joined the programme in this area during the past 12 months, 96 per cent. had been unemployed for at last six of the last nine months and 69 per cent. had been unemployed for at least a year before joining.
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present regional breakdown of the available places on the community programme.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe present regional allocations of places are as follows:
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Number London 12,430 South east 13,300 South west 7,670 Midlands 25,640 Wales 9,000 North west 20,600 Yorks and Humberside 13,700
Number North east 11,500 Scotland 16,160 130,000
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment from the most recently available figures, by region, what percentage of the allocated places on the community programme has been filled.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is given in the following table.
Filled places at 31 March 1984 Filled places as per cent. of places allocated to that region London 5,787 47 South east 9,539 72 South west 6,438 84 Midlands 23,017 90 Wales 8,538 95 North west 19,766 96 Yorks and Humberside 13,141 96 North east 11,274 98 Scotland 15,355 95