§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will specify what grants have been allocated to Scotland from the European regional development fund during each year since its inception; how many of these allocations have been de-committed each year, and for what reasons.
§ Mr. LangTotal European regional development fund awards and the decommitments by year for Scotland are set out in the table below. Decommitments are the result of projects or investments not proceeding, or not on the scale originally envisaged.
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Year Awards £ million
Decommitments £ million
1975 9.8 — 1976 14–6 — questionnaire on their ethnic origin. The information provided by candidates is being used to evaluate the success of the Civil Service in attracting ethnic minority candidates and to assess the fairness of the selection process. In September 1986 monitoring was extended to the other schemes for recruitment run by the Civil Service Commission, an ethnic origin questionnaire being issued with each application form. In the latter part of 1986 pilot schemes of monitoring departmental recruitment over a three month period were caried out. Arrangements for a comprehensive programme of monitoring departmental recruitment are under discussion.