Community Programme

Mr. Prescott

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish the most recently available information to show the total number of community programme projects and places by type of project and type of sponsor.

The total number of community programme projects and authorised places, by project and sponsor type, are as follows. Table 1 gives information about projects, and table 2 places as at 20 February 1987.

	Education institution	Ex-offenders organisations	Churches	Youth organisations	Old peoples groups	Disability groups	Ethnic groups	Environmental and conservation groups	Other voluntary organisations	Quasi-commercial body
Archaeological digs	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	11	1
Childrens services	19	19	40	20	0	5	8	16	162	27
Young peoples services	44	33	72	142	1	6	22	18	305	59
Services for the elderly	12	121	163	61	64	6	28	7	550	229
Services for the disabled	14	22	56	6	3	197	3	4	315	76
Centres for the unemployed	0	3	2	3	0	0	3	0	25	4

Table 2—Number of places by project Type and Sponsor (total) Great Britain
	Total	Local authority	Local Education Authority	Voluntary organisation	Nationalised Industry	Private Sector	Health Authority	Government Department	Other
Total	291,471	125,110	85	2,236	614	5,734	2,259	852	600
Environmental	2,266	1,654	0	379	0	28	0	0	38
Building and Landscaping	1,637	985	12	468	0	82	0	0	18
Home Insulation	6,591	1,765	17	35	0	640	24	0	9
Research and Surveys	4,687	2,107	0	57	0	95	137	28	28
Library	7,957	4,659	1	16	31	152	140	107	0
Youth Work	369	129	18	55	0	0	0	42	17
Voluntary Acts	200	34	21	125	0	0	0	0	0
Other Social Services	1,208	450	10	428	0	34	1	0	11
Cultural	6,479	2,117	0	203	0	159	197	142	47
Workshop	11,254	2,818	0	110	0	336	0	0	0
CP Agent Management	16,685	6,613	6	72	89	507	149	35	67
Environmental and Landscaping	85,122	49,704	0	0	134	1,006	123	250	99
Building and Construction	42,834	17,498	0	198	96	1,413	238	38	55
Archaeological Digs	2,077	1,033	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
Childrens Services	8,303	3,024	0	3	11	77	248	27	0
Young Peoples Services	18,944	6,502	0	12	2	216	161	159	25
Services for the Elderly	52,572	16,254	0	40	200	941	452	0	183
Services for the Disabled	20,597	6,834	0	35	SI	48	389	0	3
Centres for the Unemployed	1,478	873	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table 2—continued
	Education institution	Ex-offenders organisations	Churches	Youth organisations	Old peoples groups	Disability groups	Ethnic groups	Environmental and conservation groups	Other voluntary organisations	Quasi-commercial body
Authorised places
Total	3,319	19,356	17,195	6,293	2,478	5,222	3,578	10,850	58,421	26,479
Environmental	0	0	33	0	0	16	0	13	56	0
Building and Landscaping	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	35	0
Home insulation	0	1,225	197	11	22	0	0	204	1,993	449
Research and Surveys	194	176	128	46	7	57	98	387	943	160
Library	668	44	188	15	42	47	7	234	1,277	298
Youth work	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	53	0
Voluntary acts	0	0	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Other social services	31	0	20	91	0	60	0	0	19	48
Cultural	475	84	272	56	11	11	639	205	1,489	349
Workshop	16	1,597	1,496	82	50	105	377	334	3,169	735
CP agent management	61	1,819	948	230	115	146	337	546	3,753	1,178
Environmental and Landscaping	199	6,521	2,267	432	43	341	20	6,568	8,751	8,227
Building and Construction	134	3,585	3,905	661	466	239	454	1,086	8,368	4,360

	Education institiution	Ex-offenders organisations	Churches	Youth organisations	Old peoples groups	Disability groups	Ethnic-groups	Environmental and conservation groups	Other voluntary organisations	Quasi-commercial body
Archaeological digs	334	49	0	0	0	0	0	418	187	32
Childrens services	222	321	799	277	0	106	127	226	2,215	590
Young peoples services	532	537	1,036	2,981	6	172	641	335	4,895	715
Services for the elderly	279	2,762	1,636	1,250	1,673	117	802	186	14,930	7,851
Services for the disabled	174	596	1,232	48	35	3,805	42	92	5,747	1,443
Centres for the unemployed	0	40	28	72	0	0	34	0	387	44

Volume 113: debated on Friday 3 April 1987