§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the funds allocated by the European social fund for each year since 1973 in each of the nine European Economic Community member countries.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 16 March 1981, c. 27]: Funds allocated by the European social fund for each year since 1973 in each of the European Economic Community member countries are published in the Commission of the European Communities annual reports on the activities of the European social fund. The figures in the following table are taken from the eighth report for the financial year 1979. The ninth report, which will contain figures for 1980, will be available before 1 July 1981.
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EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND Breakdown of aid by country of origin of the promoter Allocations made up to 1976 for operations to be carried out in Amounts allocated in Member States 1973 mUA 1974 mUA 1975 mUA 1976 mUA 1977–1978 mUA 1977 mUA 1978 mEUA 1979 mEUA Belgium 7.20 6.54 8.02 7.85 1.85 9.33 11.08 15.94 Denmark 5.05 11.97 8.94 10.43 0.59 11.78 14.24 14.70 Federal Republic of Germany 19.94 27.93 41.73 44.42 15.88 59.29 57.26 52.88 France 32.19 49.95 73.83 76.60 49.80 125.74 86.20 134.82 Ireland 9.79 16.87 22.57 31.67 19.63 46.97 44.41 58.13 Italy 43.70 72.33 95.53 146.46 54.16 120.00 233.10 281.23 Luxembourg 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.23 0.01 0.23 1.00 Netherlands 6.77 6.71 10.94 12.58 0.09 12.26 9.81 19.32 United Kingdom 57.40 62.27 110.24 106.39 26.14 228.25 111.75 196.43 Total 182.08 254.58 371.83 436.47 268.37 616.63 568.08 774.45 N.B.:Figures in this table are comparable subject to two qualifications: (a) Figures for years up to and including 1976 refer to allocations for operations to be carried out in a particular year. Owing to the introduction of a new budgetary system, figures from 1977 onwards refer to the amounts allocated in the year concerned. (b) Amounts up to and including 1977 are calculated in the old unit of account (UA). From 1978, the new European unit of account (EUA) applies.
§ Dr. Roger Thomas:asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the grants made to each county in Wales from the European social fund for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 16 March 1981, c. 27]: A large proportion of the allocations made to the United Kingdom from the European social fund are in respect of Schemes which operate nationally or in a number of parts of the United Kingdom. It is therefore not possible to give information about the total fund aid allocated to particular regions or counties.