§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science from which part of the agreed or projected budget of the European Communities the £300,000 fund for the Community education programme, mentioned by him on 10th June, Official Report, column 1853, arises; if he will now publish the breakdown of this projected expenditure; and which body or bodies are responsible for its disbursement.
§ Mr. MulleyExpenditure on Community level activities is included under Article 392 of the Commission's Budget for 1976. Under the oversight of the Education Committee, the Commission is responsible for the disbursement of these funds as it is for the implementation of other parts of the budget. In outline, the provisional proposals for expenditure in 1976 are as follows:
Action Projected Expenditure (u.a) Education of Migrant Children 290,000 Closer Relations between Education systems 40,000 Documentation and Statistics 10,000 Higher Education 150,000 Teaching Foreign Languages 40,000 Equality of Opportunity 70,000