§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Paymaster General how many jobs have been offered to unemployed citizens in Wolverhampton and the west midlands on the community programme.
§ Mr. Alan Clark82,432 people have entered the community programme in the midlands region since its start in October 1982; 8,558 of them were in the combined Wolverhampton and Walsall area. A separate breakdown for west midlands and Wolverhampton is not available.