European Social Fund

HC Deb 24 July 1990 vol 177 cc205-6W

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he will forward plans submitted to his Department from voluntary sector projects to the European social fund for approval.

Mr. Forth

Operational programmes, which represent aggregated bids from all interested organisations, including those representing the voluntary sector, were submitted to the European Commission on 15 June. No individual project applications have as yet been made by the voluntary sector.