**** Structural Funds ■+^+* European Social Fund UNITED KINGDOM Single Programming Document 1994-96 Objective 3: Combating long-term unemployment and facilitating the integration into working life of young people and of people exposed to exclusion from the labour market European Commission Structural Funds European Social Fund UNITED KINGDOM Single Programming Document 1994-96 Objective 3: Combating long-term unemployment and facilitating the integration into working life of young people and of people exposed to exclusion from the labour market European Commission Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996 ISBN 92-827-4751-4 © ECSC-EC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1996 Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Germany Contents Introduction 1 1. The social and economic context 3 1.1. Trends in the labour market1.2. ESF in the last programming period 1989-93 8 1.3. Prior appraisal of the Single Programming Document 16 2. Strategy, priorities and measures 19 2.1. Strategy 12.2. Priorities and measures 21 2.3. Indicators 34 3. Financial plan and additionality 43.1. Financial table3.2. Additionality and concentration2 4. Implementation of the ESF5 4.1. Committee structure4.2. Monitoring and evaluation6 4.3. Approach to the selection of projects 47 4.4. Multiannual approvals4.5.