§ Mr. IllsleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places on community programmes listed by geographical area or agency, were not taken up during the year 1986–87; whether he will in future take these figures into account in the allocation of places on such schemes, particularly with regard to future allocations to areas or agencies which were fully subscribed.
§ Mr. LeeInformation in the form requested could be obtained only at disproportionate costs. However, the table shows for each MSC area the amount by which filled community programme places on 31 March 1987 exceed or fall short of the area allocation. Past performance in filling places is one of the factors that is taken into account in the allocation of places, both to areas and to individual schemes.
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Community programme—filled places at 31 March 1987 Region/area office Variance from area allocation South East Region Kent +188 Hampshire and Isle of Wight -151 Sussex -90 Reading -77 Surrey -69 High Wycombe -35 Essex -366 London Region North London +526 East London -6 Inner London North +471 Inner London South -132 West London -73 South London -45 South West Region Devon +89 Avon +340 Cornwall +45 Dorset/Somerset -605 Gloucester +62 West Midlands Region Worcester +1 Coventry +110 Dudley and Sandwell -622 Wolverhampton -41 Birmingham -35 Staffordshire -237 East Midlands and Eastern Region Ipswich +20 Luton +70 Norwich +289 Derby -296 Leicester -159 Nottinghamshire -37 Lincolnshire -17 Northamptonshire -135 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Leeds -383 Bradford -398 Sheffield -165 Hull -122 North Yorkshire -123 Wakefield -1 Grimsby -92 Barnsley/Doncaster -109
Region/area office Variance from area allocation North-West Region Cumbria — South Lancashire -139 Manchester North -45 Manchester Central -123 Manchester East -71 Middleton -60 Merseyside Inner -302 Wirral -105 Merseyside Outer +3 Cheshire -98 Lancashire North -204 Northern Region North Tyne -337 County Durham -15 Teesside -297 South Tyne -278 Office for Wales Gwent -2 Mid and South Glamorgan -103 West Wales +251 Clwyd/Powys +11 Office for Scotland Glasgow -320 Hamilton -222 Paisley -44 Ayr -161 Highlands and Islands +102 Tayside and Grampian -33 Central and Fife -109 Lothian and Borders -67 Clydebank -225