asked the Secretary of State to r Scotland, further to his answer of 26 March, if he will provide for 1987–88 for Fife his revised figure for community programme places and state the variation between this figure and his original allocation.

Further to the reply I gave to the hon. Member on 26 March, the original allocation or community programme places to Fife for 1987–88 totalled 1,710.Subsequently, the provisional number of places available to Fife was increased by 40 to 1,750.