HC Deb 27 April 1994 vol 242 cc170-2W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list at current prices the total amount of funds which England received from the European Union structural fund in each year since 1979.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 26 April 1994]:There are no comprehensive figures for allocations to England from the structural funds, as the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, guidance section, and parts of the European social fund are not allocated regionally. Allocations to England from the European regional development fund have been:

Year £ million, current prices
1979 58
1980 80
1981 74
1982 114
1983 112
1984 197
1985 195
1986 190
1987 230
1988 172
1989 151
1990 208
1991 199
1992 296
1993 310

Mr. Vaz

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list at current prices the total amount of funds available under each of the European structural funds for each year since 1979.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: The total amounts allocated from each of the structural funds from 1979 to 1993 have been as follows:

Total EC structural funds allocations
Million ecu, current prices
Year ERDF ESF EAGGF Total structural funds
1979 962 775 460 2,197
1980 1,138 1,015 625 2,778
1981 1,637 996 721 3,354
1982 1,845 1,510 757 4,112
1983 2,127 1,878 866 4,871
1984 2,383 1,854 796 5,033
1985 2,495 2,189 853 5,537
1986 3,328 2,523 854 6,705
1987 3,662 3,524 941 8,127
1988 3,827 2,871 1,180 7,878
1989 4,666 3,478 1,462 9,606
1990 5,227 3,505 1,925 10,657
1991 7,162 4,787 2,640 14,589
1992 8,903 5,881 3,471 18,255
1993 10,437 6,408 3,769 20,614

Note: Greece benefited from 1981 and Spain and Portugal from 1986.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 13 April,Official Report, column 171, if he will list the Community initiatives under which European funds have been made available since 1989.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: Community structural funds initiatives launched since 1989 have been ENVIREG, INTERREG, PRISMA, RECHAR, REGEN, REGIS, STRIDE, TELEMATIQUE, LEADER, EUROFORM, NOW, HORIZON, RETEX and KONVER.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what budgets have been allocated for each of the European Community initiatives launched since 1989.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 26 April 1994]: Allocations to each of the Community initiatives launched since 1989 have been:

Community initiatives million ecu, 1994 prices
ENVIREG 590
INTERREG 970
PRISMA 120
RECHAR 390
REGEN 390
REGIS 280
STRIDE 480
TELEMATIQUE 240
LEADER 470
EUROFORM 300
NOW 148
HORIZON 220
RETEX 100
KONVER 130