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Ms. Clare Short
asked 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. Lee
The following table shows the amounts allocated from the European social fund to the main groups of Manpower Services Commission training programmes since 1981.
| 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 | |