Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities take Frontline participants on placement; and what plans she has to expand the number of local authorities involved in the Frontline programme.

18 local authorities in the London and Greater Manchester regions are taking Frontline participants on placement as part of the 2015 Cohort, these are as follows:

Bexley

Croydon

Ealing

Enfield

Essex

Hammersmith & Fulham

Harrow

Kensington & Chelsea

Kingston

Manchester

Merton

Richmond

Salford

Southwark

Tower Hamlets

Westminster

Wigan

Windsor & Maidenhead

Frontline will expand to the North East as part of Cohort 2016. As a result, up to 29 local authorities are expected to take Frontline participants on placement; local authorities confirmed so far include:

Bexley

Ealing

Enfield

Essex

Gateshead

Hammersmith & Fulham

Harrow

Hartlepool

Havering

Hounslow

Kensington & Chelsea

Kingston

Manchester

Merton

Newham

North Tyneside

Northumberland

Oldham

Redcar

Richmond

Rochdale

Southwark

Sunderland

Tower Hamlets

Trafford

Westminster

Wigan

Windsor & Maidenhead