HL Deb 25 May 1977 vol 383 cc1414-6WA
Lord REDESDALE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list all the projects in the United Kingdom, and, where possible the amount of money involved, which received aid from the EEC Social Fund as from 1st January 1973.

Lord WALLACE of COSLANY

In the period 1st January 1973 to 31st December 1976 allocations from the European Social Fund have been made for the following United Kingdom projects, for the amounts shown.

£m.
1973 1974 1975 1976
Schemes of training for unemployed workers in the assisted areas of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland 12.4 15.6 26 22.3
Other schemes to promote training in the assisted areas of Great Britain 5.1 2.1 2.2 0.3
Schemes for the transference of unemployed workers from or within the assisted areas of Great Britain 1.5 0.003 2.1 0.07
Schemes of rehabilitation and training for disabled people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland including provision for the training of staff 3.5 4.4 2.8 3.6
£m.
1973 1974 1975 1976
Schemes for the training, transference and rehabilitation of former agricultural workers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3 0.06 0.9 1.8
Schemes for the training, transference and rehabilitation of workers employed in the textile and clothing industries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6 0.2 0.5 2.1
Various training schemes designed to maintain employment in rural areas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 0.08 0.4 0.07
Schemes of training for unemployed young people in a time of high unemployment — 0.6 5.7 10.9
£m.
1973 1974 1975 1976
Various schemes to assist migrant workers and their families — 2.6 5.1 0.5
Training and retraining programmes run by nationalised industries — — 0.2 0.5
Training schemes run by Industrial Training Boards — 0.1 0.4 0.9
Training administered by the Joint Standing Committee for the National Newspaper Industry — — — 0.3
Various schemes of training run by private companies in Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 0.09 0.4 1.1
Assistance for the handicapped by a voluntary organisatior — — — 0.07

House adjourned at six minutes past nine o'clock.