Yes. Why not?

'Why this highly-educated Government cannot see fit to reintroduce the community programmes which ran in the 1980s is deplorable. For 27 hours per week, plus slightly more pay than the Jobseekers Allowance, people received training, a sense of purpose, a chance to repair run-down public buildings in the community and to be seen to be doing something without stigma.' (Kendal Wilson. YP Letters.)