§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of expenditure on the employment training programme will be financed from the European social fund.
§ Mr. CopeThe forecast expenditure for the employment training programme for the period 1 September 1988 to 31 December 1988 will be £425 million.
The European Commission's recent decision has allocated European social fund assistance towards the employment training programme totalling £24,217,418 for this period. This represents 6 per cent. of the forecast.