To ask the Prime Minister what progress has been made in implementing proposals to increase green work placements, in association with the Eden Project and the Mayday Network; what public funds have been allocated to the proposals; and what his estimate is of the number of green work placements that will be created by this programme. (296998)

I have been asked to reply.

The Department is currently drawing up plans to deliver green work placements. A full announcement on plans to implement the programme will be made shortly.