HC Deb 23 February 1981 vol 999 c280W
Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the European Economic Community social fund is spent in the United Kingdom in respect of immigrant workers (a) from the European Economic Community countries and (b) from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan.

Mr. Peter Morrison

In 1980 a total of £1.2 million was allocated from the European social fund to schemes in the United Kingdom for immigration workers. The great bulk of this was in respect of workers from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan and Vietnamese refugees, but it is not possible to give precise figures since a breakdown on the basis requested cannot be provided for some of the schemes in question.