asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the Manpower Services Commission's area manpower boards in Scotland; the number of projects proposals accepted for Manpower Services Commission schemes under the Manpower Services Commission community programmes approved by each of the area manpower boards in each of the past three years, the average amounts awarded, the names of the management agents and the total amount awarded in each of those three years.

The information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of community programme projects operating in Scotland at the end of the last two completed financial years and the latest available figure (January) for the current financial year by area manpower board are shown in the table below.