HC Deb 11 December 1990 vol 182 c389W
Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what financial support his Department currently provides for the European information centres in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Forth

The European information centre network is a European Commission initiative to which the United Kingdom contributes 18.7 per cent. of the budget. In addition, my Department has a small budget for co-ordinating bi-annual meetings of the United Kingdom centres and will also be contributing to the costs of a feasibility study for a national European information centre advertising campaign. My Department also financially supports one of the four pilot centres which is based with the small firms service in London.

Total Unemployment Rate 6 months or more 12 months or more
Avon County 23,421 4.7 10,255 6,182
Sunderland TTWA 19,130 10.4 9,700 6,282
Medway and Maidstone TTWA 10,915 4.4 4,032 2,078