§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will indicate the size of the EEC Social Fund in 1973, and the separate allocations made to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. John FraserThe total sum available in the European Social Fund's budget for 1973 was £120 million, of which some £24 million was allocated to the United Kingdom. The schemes for which money was allocated with the amounts allocated were:
£ million Government-operated schemes of training for unemployed workers in the assisted areas 9.7 Other Government expenditure on training in the assisted areas 4.6 Transfer of workers from and within the assisted areas 1.5 Training and resettlement of workers leaving agriculture 0.2 Training and resettlement of workers in or leaving the textile industry 0.4 Training, industrial rehabilitation and resettlement of disabled persons 3.4 Training and resettlement schemes in Northern Ireland 4.1 23.9
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Employment to what extent other countries in the EEC benefited from the Social Fund in 1973.
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§ Mr. John FraserI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (Mr. Clarke) on 27th March 1974.—[Vol. 871. c. 131–2.]