§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown by region and560W travel-to-work area of the numbers of participants on the old community programme, and indicate how many in each case have transferred to the employment training programme and how many have declined to do so.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the number of filled places on the community programme (excluding managers and supervisors) nationally and by region on 2 September 1988. At the end of December 1988, the latest date for which information is available, it is estimated that more than 9,000 people had transferred from the community programme to employment training. The number who have declined to do so is not available.
Filled places (excluding managers and supervisors) on thecommunity programme at 2 September 1988 Numbers South East 7,100 London 11,100 South West 10,400 West Midlands 20,500 East Midlands and Eastern 13,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 20,600 North West 29,200 Northern 25,100 Wales 16,400 Scotland 25,500 Great Britain 179,000