This is the 9th edition of the Labour Market Policy (LMP) database publication. It presents data on public expenditure and participants (or beneficiaries) of LMP interventions in 2006. In addition, new tables with time series for the years 1998-2006 are included, showing LMP expenditure at constant price levels as well as stock data by age and sex. The data shown in this publication are derived from Eurostat's Labour Market Policy (LMP) database, which covers all labour market interventions described as: Public interventions in the labour market aimed at reaching its efficient functioning and correcting disequilibria and which can be distinguished fromother general employment policy interventions in that they act selectively to favour particular groups in the labour market.