§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total budget allocated by the European Community, under the European Coal and Steel Community treaty, to assist the improvement of economic and social conditions in the coal and steel-producing regions of the EC, giving figures separately, and in each year since their establishment, for(a) industrial loans, (b) conversion loans in areas where coal and steel industries have suffered severe job losses, (c) housing loans to improve living conditions for coal and steel workers, (d) readapation grants for workers made redundant in coal and steel industries, (e) RECHAR, (f) RESIDER and (g) coal and steel research; and what proportion of each of these grants has been awarded to (i) the northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information is as follows:
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RECHAR (million ecu1) RESIDER (million ecu1) Total EC 325 131 United Kingdom share 158 5 Northern England 26 5 1 at 1993 prices.
£ million ECSC contribution Iron and steel employees readaptation benefits scheme at 1990 prices—1974 to 1992 282 Readaptation benefits to coal workers—1984 to 1993 266 Source: Evaluation report EMIS 6.
A more detailed breakdown is not readily available but some further information is available in the ECSC financial report for 1992, which I am arranging to be placed in the Library of the House.