§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Paymaster General what level of finance he intends to allocate to the Manpower Services Commission to enable it to administer its proposed pilot scheme to help the long-term unemployed; and what amount will be allocated to the west midland region.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkNo specific budgets have been allocated to the nine pilot areas. Given the limited total coverage of the pilot schemes, the costs can be met from within current resources without affecting existing programmes run by the Manpower Services Commission.