§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the projects in the United Kingdom which received money from the European social fund in 1980 and 1981 under the women's training projects heading of the social fund.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following schemes of training exclusively for women aged over 25 years were assisted by the fund in 1980 and 1981:
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Organisation and scheme Allocation £ 1980* Hatfield polytechnic—accountancy foundation course 37,000 Co-operative bank, Merseyside —training for supervisory work at a level where women are under-represented 21,579 Leicestershire county council—training in the field of arts/crafts occupations 5,923 1981* Manpower Services Conunission—skillcentre training in life and social skills plus vocational training as preparation for employment in male-dominated areas 224,522 Hatfield polytechnic—new opportunities and accountancy foundation course 51,000 Bradford College—training as light vehicle drivers 14,565
Organisation and scheme Allocation Chelmer institute of higher education—pre-training course in male-dominated areas 2,826 Leicestershire county council—training or retraining in dress, embroidery and design 3,878 Chelmer institutue of higher education—training in basic skills 70,400 Lambeth women's workshop—skill training in carpentry 20,724 East Leeds women's workshop—skills training for jobs in which women are under-represented 105,286 * Year in which allocation was made.
In addition, the social fund makes allocations to a large number of schemes open to women and men alike.