HL Deb 27 October 1987 vol 489 cc527-8WA
Lord O'Hagan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much assistance the United Kingdom has received from the European Coal and Steel Community in each of the last five years.

Lord Young of Graf ham

UK Government receipts of grants from the European Coal and Steel Community in each of the last five years were as follows:

£m
1982/3 52
1983/4 49
1984/5 44
1985/6 40
1986/7 (provisional) 81

In addition, the European Coal and Steel Community also provides assistance to the UK coal and steel industries in the form of loans, details of which are not readily available.