§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Employment what aid has been given and is planned by the European Social Fund for retraining workers made redundant in Scotland during the current year; and what are the numbers of workers and the total finance involved.
§ Mr. John FraserScotland benefits as a result of allocations from the European Social Fund in respect of schemes of training having effect throughout Great Britain which include in their scope the retraining of redundant workers. The United Kingdom's main applications for 1975 have not yet been considered by the EEC Commission, but so far an allocation of about £11 million has been made to the United Kingdom, of which it is estimated that something over £2 million is for training in Scotland. The number of redundant workers included in the numbers trained cannot be separately identified.