§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will indicate the 10 local authority areas where the Manpower Services Commission has the highest spending on the community programme, VPP and YTS programmes and the sums spent in each area during 1985;
(2) if he will indicate the total sums spent in each of the 10 local authority areas where the Manpower Services Commission has the highest spending on the community programme, VPP and YTS on each of the three programmes in 1984 and 1985.
§ Mr. LangThe total sum spent in each of the 10 local authority areas where the Manpower Services Commission has the highest spending is not readily available, and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Paymaster General if he will specify the 10 organisations and 10 local authorities, respectively, which currently employ the largest number of community programme participants in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LangThe 10 organisations whose current agreements have the largest number of participants are as follows:
- National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
- Community Task Force
- Community Rural Aid
- Keep Britain Tidy Group
- National Elfrida Rathbone Society
- Sunderland Council for Voluntary Service
- Age Concern (Avon)
- Manchester Diocesan Church of England Council for Social Aid
- Volunteer Centre Glasgow
- Community Roots Trust
The 10 local authorities whose current agreements have the largest number of participants are as follows:
- Leeds City Council
- Glasgow District Council
- Birmingham City Council (Planning Department)
- Kent County Council
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
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- Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
- Staffordshire County Council