§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund in each financial year up to 31 December 1989; how much of those receipts each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much each year was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts were received from the European regional development fund:
Financial year Total £ million 1975–76 2.9 1976–77 7.2 1977–78 6.4 1978–79 4.0 1979–80 16.0 1980–81 21.0 1981–82 16.4 1982–83 18.0 1983–84 13.5 1984–85 16.9 1985–86 18.4 1986–87 23.2 1987–88 45.9 1988–89 46.7 1989–903 123.0 Total 2279.5 1 Provisional outturn 2 The figures show total ERDF receipts brought to account in Northern Ireland. It should be noted that awards totalling £10–5 million were decommitted by the European Commission on failed industrial projects. 3To December 1989. ERDF assistance is earned by industrial and infrastructure projects, and by programmes combining elements of both. Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies are passed on to them and represent a direct benefit to those bodies by enabling them to reduce their capital indebtedness.
Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and for industrial projects are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All the receipts are subject to normal EC audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received from the European social fund in each financial year up to 31 December 1989; how much each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
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§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts were received from the European social fund:
Financial year Total £ million 1973–74 — 1974–75 3.4 1975–76 0.0 1976–77 6.4 1977–78 7.5 1978–79 15.0 1979–80 15.0 1980–81 23.0 1981–82 25.0 1982–83 35.2 1983–84 38.0 1984–85 38.0 1985–86 25.0 1986–87 53.3 1987–88 56.4 1988–89 36.1 1989–902 127.1 Total 404.4 1 Provisional outturn. 2 To December 1989. Receipts earned by the private sector and by non-central Government public sector bodies are paid to the claimant. The receipts represent cash additions to the recipients. Receipts earned by central Government are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All ESF receipts are subject to EC audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year since 31 March 1987 from EEC sources apart from payments under the three structural funds.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts have been identified as being received in Northern Ireland from European Community sources other than the three structural funds in the last two financial years:
Financial year Total £ million 1987–88 27.6 1988–89 27.8 Most of the receipts in this category are from the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. However, it should be noted that the bulk of guarantee section receipts are disbursed centrally by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and details of payments are not generally maintained at regional level.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland received in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, guidance section; how much of those receipts were572W paid to the private sector and how much to the public sector; how much of those receipts represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used each year to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts were received from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund guidance section:
Individual capital projects £ million Financial year Private sector Public sector1 Other guidance schemes (private sector)2 Total 1974–75 — — 0.25 0.25 1975–76 0.45 — 0.21 0.66 1976–77 1.87 0.31 0.27 2.45 1977–78 1.28 0.31 1.28 2.87 1978–79 0.70 0.24 2.46 3.40 1979–80 1.27 0.20 3.21 4.68 1980–81 1.91 1.05 3.35 6.31 1981–82 1.43 1.3 4.69 6.25 1982–83 2.47 0.99 3.30 6.76 1983–84 1.59 0.38 14.65 16.62 1984–85 0.95 0.28 13.29 14.52 1985–86 3.56 0.03 11.83 15.42 1986–87 2.58 0.11 5.96 8.65 1987–88 3.29 — 5.99 9.28 1988–89 2.31 0.51 10.05 12.87 41989–90 22.12 — — 32.12 Totals 27.78 4.54 80.79 113.11 1 Includes the Milk Marketing Board, which is not financed from public funds although it is a statutory body. 2 Includes reference to the approximate share of total expenditure in Northern Ireland on various structural schemes which were applied throughout the United Kingdom. 3 Provisional outturn. 4 To December 1989. All these receipts represent cash additions to the recipients and are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements.
In addition, £443,000 has been received by the public sector for socio-economic training.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the money received by Northern Ireland in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 from EEC sources has been paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: EC receipts received by the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund in respect of grants paid to Government have been distinguished in the public income and expenditure account only since 1983–84. The figures from that date are as follows:
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Financial year Total £ million 1983–84 27.8 1984–85 27.8 1985–86 18.5 1986–87 50.6
Financial year Total £ million 1987–88 73.6 1988–89 67.7 11989–90 12.6 Total 278.6 1 To December 1989.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the receipts which Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund since 1973 has been earned by(a) infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies, (b) infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and (c) industrial projects.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts have been received from the European regional development fund to 31 December 1989:
£ million Infrastructure: Non-central Government 106.0 Central Government 71.3 Industry 77.7 Programmes1 24.5 Total2 279.5 1 These programmes combine elements of both industry and infrastructure. 2 Includes estimated receipts for the first nine months of the 1989–90 financial year.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the receipts which Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund since 1973 has been earned by(a) the private sector, (b) non-central Government public sector bodies and (c) central Government.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The following amounts have been received from the European regional development fund to 31 December 1989:
£ million Private sector 15.8 Non-central Government public sector bodies 114.7 Central Government 149.0 Total 279.5
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the £57.9 million of receipts received under the special urban renewal regulation for the Belfast area represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: All £61.8 million of the money due under the urban renewal regulation has now been received. The availability of receipts under the regulation was taken into account when determining public expenditure in Northern Ireland, thereby enabling public expenditure to be set at a higher level than would otherwise have been feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was Northern Ireland's share574W of the United Kingdom's payments into the European Economic Community from 1 January 1973 to 31 December 1989; how much was Northern Ireland's share of the receipts for the same period; and how much of those receipts was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 8 February 1990]: It is not possible to determine Northern Ireland's actual share of the United Kingdom's contribution to the European Community because payments are made on a national and not a regional basis. Similarly it is not possible to identify the full extent of receipts from the Community. However, a Northern Ireland attributed share of the contribution to the EC is calculated as an accounting mechanism necessary because of the operation of a separate Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. This national attributed share does not count as an item of expenditure within the Northern Ireland public expenditure programme and has therefore no bearing on the level of public expenditure in the Province.
Figures for the notional attribution of part of Northern Ireland's share of the United Kingdom's payments and for those areas where the receipts can be separately identified are as follows:
£ million Financial year Attributed share (part) Identified receipts 1973–74 1.0 — 1974–75 5.6 3.6 1975–76 7.9 3.6 1976–77 12.7 16.0 1977–78 16.0 16.8 1978–79 23.9 23.0 1979–80 28.1 36.5 1980–81 28.2 51.0 1981–82 50.3 47.8 1982–83 65.6 61.4 1983–84 65.6 92.4 1984–85 67.9 93.1 1985–86 74.4 85.9 1986–87 62.3 87.9 1987–88 191.6 2139.2 1988–89 197.2 123.5 Total 698.3 3881.7 1 Attributed share figures for the last two years are provisional estimates which will be revised when final details of tax revenues are determined. 2 From 1987–88, outturn figures include certain EAGGF guarantee section receipts for which the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland assumed accounting responsibility on 1 April 1987. 3 This comprises total identified EC receipts in Northern Ireland, including those from outside the main EC funds. All receipts represent cash additions to the recipients and are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.