§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he is yet in a position to report on the renewal by Leicester city council of its various community programme projects; and if he will list the organisations involved and numbers of people liable to be on the various programmes;
(2) how many places have been allocated under various community programme projects within Leicester city council for the period 1985–86; how this compares with the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 June 1985, c. 204]: Leicester city council's agency agreement provided for 400 places in the years ending 31 July 1984 and 31 July 1985. I understand that because of decisions taken by the local branch of NALGO, the council has not yet applied for the renewal of its community programme agency agreement. I hope that, in the interests of the long-term unemployed people in Leicester, it will do so. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible about organisations currently involved in community programme projects with Leicester city council's agency, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many places have been allocated under community programme projects within the city of Leicester; and how this compares with the previous 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 June 1985, c. 204]: 990 places on the community programme have been available for the city of Leicester during the last 12 months. The expansion of the programme by 100,000 places nationally over the next 12 months enables significant increases to be made in all areas.