§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all European Commission expenditure on disabled people in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Budget line and whether the recipient was (a) a central Government Department, (b) local government, (c) the Manpower Services Commission, (d) a voluntary organisation, or (e) other body.
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§ Mr. NewtonI have been asked to reply.
The main expenditure by the European Community specifically on activities concerning disabled people comes from the handicapped budget line on the European social fund. In 1982 this was allocated as follows in the United Kingdom.
Recipient Amount (£) Manpower Services Commission Employment Services Division 11,303,000 Training Services Division 5,651,000 DHSS, Northern Ireland 3,726,000 Department of Economic Development Northern Ireland) 573,000 Public Authorities 966,000 Voluntary Bodies 722,000 Total 22,941,000 In addition, European Community support is given to a variety of activities affecting disabled people from different budget lines, but information on this is not available centrally in the form requested.