HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 cc757-9W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if, pursuant to his written answer of 13 July to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett) if he will list for the northern region the individual employment and training schemes receiving assistance from the European social fund for the current year.

Mr. Eggar

The following is the list of employment and training schemes in the northern region receiving assistance from the European social fund in the current year.

  1. Access for the Disabled
  2. Albright and Wilson Ltd.
  3. Artcare Workshops
  4. Blyth Star Enterprises Ltd.
  5. Blyth Valley Borough Council
  6. Cadcam Application and Training Ltd.
  7. Carnegie Centre for the Unemployed
  8. City Farm Byker
  9. Cleveland Co-operative Agency Ltd.
  10. Cleveland County Council
  11. Courtaulds Films, BCL Cellophane
  12. Cramlington Adult Information Technology Centre
  13. Cumbria County Council
  14. Derwentside District Council
  15. Durham Co-operative Development Association Ltd.
  16. Durham County Council
  17. Durham University Business School
  18. Electrolux Cookers
  19. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
  20. Grove Coles Cranes Ltd.
  21. Hartlepool Borough Council
  22. Haswell and District Society for Mentally Handicapped
  23. The House of Mayfair Ltd.
  24. Microelectronics Applications Research
  25. Middlesborough Borough Council
  26. Middlesborough Music Collective
  27. National Trust
  28. NEI Clarke Chapman Limited
  29. Newcastle Children's Adventure Group
  30. Newcastle City Council
  31. Newcastle Trades Council Centre Against Unemployment
  32. Newcastle upon Tyne Council for Voluntary Service
  33. Newcastle upon Tyne University
  34. Northern Regional Health Authority
  35. Northern Region Co-operative Development Agency Limited
  36. Northumberland County Council
  37. North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
  38. Owners Limited
  39. Projects UK
  40. Scotswood Employment Project
  41. Sheltered Housing and Workshop
  42. Shildon and Sedgefield District Development Agency
  43. South Tyneside Borough Council
  44. St. Anthony of Padua Community Association
  45. Sunderland Common Ownership Enterprise Resource
  46. Sunderland Polytechnic
  47. Sunderland Youth Employment
  48. Teesside Polytechnic
  49. Tolag Products and Company Limited
  50. Torrens Maritime Trust
  51. Training Agency
  52. Tyne and Wear Enterprise Trust Limited
  53. Tyneside Economic Development Company
  54. Urban Craft Design Limited
  55. Washington Microtechnology Centre
  56. West Cumbria Open Learning
  57. Trust Workers Educational Association Northern

Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he now has information on how the 1989 European social fund allocation was divided in(a) actual cash, and (b) percentage terms between (i) central Government, (ii) local government, (iii) the voluntary sector and (iv) others.

Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 25 July 1989]: The United Kingdom has been allocated £418 million from the European Social Fund for 1989. The breakdown in cash and percentage terms are as follows:

£ million Percentage
Central Government 236.0 56.5
Local Government 116.5 27.9
Voluntary Sector 25.9 6.2
Others 39.6 9.4