§ Mr. Craigenasked the Paymaster General what is the number of people on special employment programmes in each of the employment regions of the United Kingdom; and what percentage of places relate to those regions.
§ Mr. LeeThe numbers of people participating in the community programme, the voluntary projects programme, community industry, and the enterprise allowance scheme in each region of the United Kingdom are:
Regions Participants Percentage of total
South-East 25,591 7 London 28,356 8 South West 25,668 8 West Midlands 36,011 11 East Midlands 28,655 8 Yorkshire and Humberside 39,260 11 North-West 55,739 16 North-East 34,270 10 Wales 29,246 9 Scotland 42,075 12 In addition, 60,869 people are part participating in the job release scheme, the new workers scheme, the young workers scheme and the job-splitting scheme. This figure is not included in the table because regional information for these measures is not collected on the same basis.