§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General how much has been allocated since 1981 by the European social fund to each of the Manpower Services Commission's special training measures; and what sums have been applied for in 1987, for each individual programme.
§ Mr. LeeThe following table shows the amounts allocated from the European social fund to the main groups of Manpower Services Commission training programmes since 1981.
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European Social Fund Allocation £ 1981 Youth Opportunities Programme 59,408,000 Unified Vocational Preparation 430,000 Training for Skills Programme 4,281,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 818,000 64,937,000 1982 Youth Programmes 113,289,000 Training for Skills Programme 4,348,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 887,000 118,524,000 1983 Youth Programmes 197,401,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 1,147,000 Training for Skills Programme 1,424,000 199,972,000 1984 Youth Training Scheme 137,950,000 Training Opportunities Programme 31,040,000 Open Tech Programme 1,694,000 Training for Skills Programme 1,662,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 1,232,000
£ 173,578,000 1985 Youth Training Scheme 93,779,000 Job Training Programme 8,224,000 Wider Opportunities Training Programme 1,810,000 Open Tech Programme 1,629,000 National Priority Skills Scheme 1,749,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 1,233,000 108,424,000 1986 Youth Training Scheme 107,861,000 Job Training Programme 9,224,000 Wider Opportunities Training Programme 273,000 National Priority Skills Scheme 371,000 Non-Advanced Further Education 11,833,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 1,473,000 131,035,000
The amounts applied for in 1987 for each MSC programme are as follows: £ Youth Training Scheme 425,639,000 Job Training Programme 111,912,000 Wider Opportunities Training Programme 4,645,000 Non-Advanced Further Education 19,881,000 National Priority Skills Scheme 5,183,000 Threshold Computer Scheme 1,207,000 568,467,000