§ Mr. Hurdasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the total sums in grants and loans which British interests have (a) been promised and (b) received from the following EEC institutions since 1st January 1973: the Regional Develop-
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£ million Loans Grants received Grants committed Regional Development Fund … — 99.9 49.0 European Social Fund … — 63.1 159.7 European Coal and Steel Community: Steel … 467.7 * 10.0 Coal … 178.8 13.3 28.6 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund: Guidance section … — 20.3 63.9 Guarantee section … — 844.9 844.9† European Investment Bank … 599.0 — — * Information on grants received is not available. † Grants committed are the same as grants received. present, one, two, three and four children, respectively;
(2) what would be the value currently in real terms of an income of £10,000 a year in 1974, after taking into account income tax, family allowance and national insurance contributions of a man who has now and had then one, two, three and four children, respectively.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information is as follows.
ment Fund, the Social Fund, the European Coal and Steel Community, the Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the European Investment Bank.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe amounts of grants and loans which have been received by or committed to the United Kingdom since our entry into the European Communities are as follows: