§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the nature and amount of aid currently received from the European social fund in each of the Huddersfield, Castleford, Pontefract, Normanton, Barnsley, Dewsbury, Oakefield and Hemsworth areas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeNo comprehensive figures are available for the amount of European social fund support allocated to the industrial areas cited. However, the European Commission allocated the following amounts from the European social fund for employment and training measures taking place in 1986 to local authorities, private companies, industrial training boards and voluntary bodies in west and south Yorkshire:
£ million West Yorkshire 5.45 South Yorkshire 1.63 The above figures do not include social fund support for national programmes of employment and training which operate in the areas cited. The United Kingdom Government will continue to support applications to the European social fund from the areas cited as it does applications from all areas of the United Kingdom.