§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Paymaster-General if he will make a statement on the future funding of the numbers involved in the community programme.
§ Mr. LeeExpenditure on the community programme is planned to rise from about £1,038 million this year to about £1,120 million in 1987–88. The programme will continue to provide worthwhile opportunities on work of value to the community for some 300,000 long term unemployed people in a year.