HC Deb 13 June 1979 vol 968 c230W
Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list all the projects in the United Kingdom, and the amount of money involved, which received aid from the EEC social fund as from 1 January 1973 to the latest available date.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following United Kingdom projects and programmes have received allocations from the European social fund since 1 January 1973:

Programme Allocations from the social fund (£ million)
Schemes to promote training for unemployed workers in the assisted areas of Great Britain 148.24
Training and resettlement for unemployed workers in Northern Ireland 27.4
Training for unemployed young people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 77.81
Resettlement of unemployed workers from or within the assisted areas of Great Britain 3.99
Rehabilitation and training of disabled people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28.65
Training, resettlement and rehabilitation of former agricultural workers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.42
Training, resettlement and rehabilitation of workers formerly employed in the textile and clothing industries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.53
Schemes to assist migrant workersand their families 11.24
Schemes for the training and retraining of workers in nationalised industries 3.3
Schemes for the training of workers from private companies 6.14
Schemes run by local authorities 0.21
Schemes for the training or retraining of workers run by certain industrial training boards 3.96

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