§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of payments from the European social fund to the United Kingdom have been to schemes run by (a) local public bodies, (b) national public bodies, (c) private voluntary organisations and (d) public voluntary organisations in each year since the fund was established; and how these figures compare with those for other members of the European Community.
§ Mr. GummerAllocations from the European social fund for 1983 to schemes in the United Kingdom were broken down as follows:
£ thousand 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Young people 28,287 25,383 67,522 71,871 85,119 181,482 240,733 Textiles 2,799 5,055 2,540 1,201 1,961 3,139 3,762 Women — 12 437 65 493 808 2,363 Regions 45,049 36,562 49,926 50,416 33,221 65,422 41,514 Technical progress — 263 — 720 2,191 3,653 6,654 Handicapped 7,342 7,339 10,672 9,331 17,006 22,943 17,838 Migrant workers 2,742 505 635 1,202 900 9,584 7,770 Agriculture 19 — — — — — — Groups of undertakings — — — 544 219 — — Pilot schemes — — — — — — 235 Total 86,238 75,119 131,732 135,350 141,110 257,031 320,869