European Social Fund Mr. Tilley asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the projects in the United Kingdom which received money from the European social fund in 1980 and 1981 under the women's training projects heading of the social fund. Mr. Alison The following schemes of training exclusively for women aged over 25 years were assisted by the fund in 1980 and 1981: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Organisation and scheme | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hatfield polytechnic—accountancy foundation course | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Co-operative bank, Merseyside —training for supervisory work at a level where women are under-represented | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire county council—training in the field of arts/crafts occupations | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manpower Services Conunission—skillcentre training in life and social skills plus vocational training as preparation for employment in male-dominated areas| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hatfield polytechnic—new opportunities and accountancy foundation course | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford College—training as light vehicle drivers | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Organisation and scheme | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer institute of higher education—pre-training course in male-dominated areas | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire county council—training or retraining in dress, embroidery and design | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer institutue of higher education—training in basic skills | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth women's workshop—skill training in carpentry | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Leeds women's workshop—skills training for jobs in which women are under-represented| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Year in which allocation was made. In addition, the social fund makes allocations to a large number of schemes open to women and men alike.