§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for Employment what financial contributions have been made by the European social fund towards alleviating unemployment in Great Britain during the current financial year.
90W183,405 people were placed in jobs by employment offices in the North-Western region. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.
§ Mr. AlisonThe European social fund provides assistance for training and employment schemes primarily for the unemployed or those threatened with unemployment. In 1981, the United Kingdom was allocated £141 million under the fund–25.1 per cent. of total allocations. I regret that it is not possible to provide figures on the basis of United Kingdom financial years.