§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Paymaster General what proportion of the further £195 million to be devoted to enterprise and employment measures in 1986–87 will be devoted to programmes in the west midlands region.
§ Mr. LangThe measures operated by our Department are demand led and the proportion of spending in any region will be related to take-up. We have asked the Manpower Services Commission to consider how best the additional places can be allocated on the measures for which they are responsible.