§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give for the most recent date for which figures are available the number of employment action places proposed and filled for each region and for Great Britain.
§ Mr. McLoughlinEmployment action plans to help 60,000 people in Britain in 1992–93. Figures for planned places are not available by region. Information from the Employment Service indicates that as at 10 September the number of employment action participants was as follows:
ES Region Participants Northern 1,658 North-west 3,644 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,945 West Midlands 2,250 East Midlands 2,600 London and south-east 6,251 South-west 1,908 Scotland 2,741 Wales 1,790 Great Britain 25,787 Source:—Employment Service benefit-related payment system