§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report each application that has been made to the EEC Social Fund for financial assistance with special projects in the United Kingdom; and, for each project, what stage of progress the project has reached and when it is scheduled for completion.
§ Mr. John GrantI have been asked to reply.
Most of the financial assistance from the European Social Fund requested by the United Kingdom is in respect of overall programmes which do not have specific starting or completion dates. There are, however, also some smaller applications in respect of operations of limited duration, and these include applications from private and voluntary bodies.
Following are lists of both types of applications:
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Non-specific schemes and end of period for which Social Fund Assistance has been requested Schemes of training for unemployed workers in the assisted areas of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland 31.7.77 Other schemes to promote training in the assisted areas of Great Britain 31.12.77 Schemes for the transference of unemployed workers from or within the assisted areas of Great Britain 31.12.77 Schemes of rehabilitation and training for disabled people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.12.78 Schemes for the training, transference and rehabilitation of former agricultural workers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.12.78 Schemes for the training, transference and rehabilitation of workers formerly employed in the textile and clothing industries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.12.77 The Community Industry Scheme 31.12.77 Schemes for the training of heavy goods vehicle drivers 31.7.77 Schemes to assist migrant workers and their families 31.12.77 Schemes for the retraining of forestry workers run by the Forestry Commission 31.3.77
Scheme for the training of divers for work associated with off-shore oil development 31.12.78 Schemes for the training of unemployed workers run by British Rail 31.12.77 Schemes for the training of young people under 25 under the Training Services Agency Training Opportunities Scheme 31.12.77 Schemes for the training or re-training of workers run by certain Industrial Training Boards 31. 8.79 Schemes for training run by the Departments of Education and Agriculture in Northern Ireland 31.12.77 Schemes of training in rural areas under the auspices of the Development Commission and the Scottish Development Agency 31.12.77 Specific schemes Schemes to train unemployed young people in computer and clerical skills 31.12.78 Schemes for training under the Work Experience Programme 30. 9.77 Schemes to encourage training and safeguard the position of young workers during a period of high unemployment in Great Britain 31. 7.78 Schemes for training run by the Northern Ireland Electricity Service 31. 8.78 Schemes for the retraining of workers in the National Newspaper industry 30. 6.79 Activities of the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Disabled, a voluntary organisation 31.12.78 Individual schemes for the training of workers on employers' premises in Northern Ireland 31.12.78 Schemes for the training of workers from private companies in Great Britain including substantial applications by: Chrysler UK Limited 31.12.77 British Leyland Limited 31.12.78 Schemes for the retraining of workers by the British Gas Board, the Central Electricity Generating Board and the Post Office 31.12.78 30.9.78 31.12.77 Schemes for training of unemployed young people by the National Coal Board 31.12.77