§ Sir Russell Johnstonasked the Paymaster General whether his Department is reviewing the funding made available from the European social fund to local authority funded enterprise boards.
§ Mr. LangNo. Decisions on individual applications to the European social fund are the responsibility of the European Commission.
This Department keeps the operation of the fund under continuous review and is regularly in touch with the Commission about it.
§ Sir Russell Johnstonasked the Paymaster General what steps he is taking during his presidency of the European Council of Ministers to ensure that enterprise boards in Lancashire and Yorkshire will continue to qualify for European regional development fund and European social fund funding.
§ Mr. TraceyI have been asked to reply.
I know of no proposal by the European Commission affecting the eligibility of enterprise boards for grants from the European regional development or social funds.