§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total budget awarded under the European regional development fund to the Commission initiatives of(a) ENVIREG, (b) INTERREG, (c) PRISMA, (d) RECHAR, (e) RESIDER, (f) REGEN, (g) REGIS, (h) RENAVAL, (i) STAR, (j) STRIDE, (k) TELEMATICS, and (l) VALOREN in each year since their establishment; and what was the total budget of each awarded to (i) the northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. SainsburyEuropean regional development fund allocations to Community initiatives are shown in the table. Allocations by year are not available. For several of the initiatives, in the United Kingdom only Northern Ireland has been eligible.
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ERDF allocations to community initiatives 1993 prices Million ecu Total EC Total UK Northern Region (a) ENVIREG4 547 18 — (b) INTERREG 1960 3— 3— (c) PRISMA4 120 6 — (d) RECHAR 325 158 26 (e) RESIDER 131 5 0 (f) REGEN 384 0 0 (g) REGIS 207 0 0 (h) RENAVAL 2— 71 41
Total EC Total UK Northern Region (i) STAR 933 14 0 (j) STRIDE 402 29 2 (k) TELEMATIQUE4 215 5 0 (l) VALOREN 472 6 0 1 Represents total allocations under European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, and guidance section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. Allocations by fund not readily available. 2 Information on total EC allocations not readily available. 3 Allocations not made to individual Member States. 4 Only Northern Ireland eligible in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total budget awarded to the EC's European regional development fund, in each year since its establishment; and what proportion of this was granted to (i) the northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. SainsburyEuropean regional development fund allocations in each of the years 1975 to 1993 are shown in the table:
ERDF ALLOCATIONS Million ecu, current prices Total EC Total UK Northern Region 1975 250 86 17 1976 388 142 45 1977 386 146 46 1978 561 151 28 1979 962 260 41 1980 1,138 243 41 1981 1,637 361 69 1982 1,845 449 105 1983 2,127 458 57 1984 2,383 621 65 1985 2,495 585 43 1986 3,328 513 58 1987 3,662 628 89 1988 3,827 563 105 1989 4,666 511 84 1990 5,227 462 11 1991 7,175 586 55 1992 8,901 655 98 1993 10,407 893 65