§ 18. Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much assistance the United Kingdom Government intend to seek from the European Social Fund this year; and for what purposes.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkAn initial application has been made to the European Social Fund for approximately £31 million towards the cost for 1973 of Government-supported training and resettlement schemes for people in assisted areas and of the resettlement services for the disabled. I am considering what further claims on the fund might be made.