§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many bids under the new employment training scheme have been accepted from existing community programme projects run by APEX; and what proportion this represents of bids received from APEX community programme schemes.
§ Mr. NichollsDetailed information about bids for employment training places is not available centrally. APEX currently has some 1,348 filled places on the community programme and it and some other organisations with whom it plans to associate in the new programme have been offered some 4,300 employment training places.