§ 26. Mr. Brandon-BravoTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress is being made on the employment action programme.
§ Mr. HowardProgress on employment action has been very satisfactory. The first people joined the programme some three weeks ago. We are on course as planned to have 30,000 participants by March next year, with 60,000 helped in 1992–93.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) which training and enterprise councils made bids to participate in employment action; how many places they bid for; how many have they been allocated; and what arrangements have been made to deliver employment action in those areas where the TEC has decided not to run the programme;
(2) what positive outcome he expects participants in employment action to obtain when they leave the programme; for each region and for Great Britain as a whole; what proportion of employment action partici-pants is expected to obtain employment; and if he will make a statement.