HC Deb 28 February 1994 vol 238 cc594-5W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the 10 capital projects which received the greatest amount of European Union funding in Wales in each year since 1988; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood

Grants under Welsh structural funds programmes are made on a programme basis and cannot be attributed to single calendar years. The 10 largest grants under the programmes for the calendar years 1989–91—1987–91 in the case of the Dyfed-Gwynedd-Powys programme—and 1992–93 were as follows:

1989–91 £
Llanelli Relief Road, Trostre/Yspitty 6,888,464
Technical and Vocational Training Centre, Haverfordwest 6,117,606
Milford Docks Redevelopment Phase 2 4,685,500
Additional Coastal Protection Works, Towyn 3,108,000
Docklands Distributor Road, Newport 2,778,278
Welshpool Tourism and Leisure World 1,933,350
A4067 Pontardawe to Glanrhyd 1,893,202
Bala Lake Tourism Development 1,750,000
New Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl 1,749,396
West Promenade Car Park, Rhyl 1,694,178

1992–93 £
A472 Maesycymmer/Newbridge1 5,426,500
Lower Rhymney Valley Relief Road Phase 21 3,971,400
Pontypridd Inner Relief Road 3,324,960
Children's Village, West Promenade, Rhyl 2,753,335
Quest Centre Phase 1, Cardiff Bay 2,744,100
Former Coed Ely Colliery Redevelopment 2,489,200
Fishguard Harbour Development 2,190,000
A4119 Dualling—Ynysmaerdy Industrial Estate 2,091,800
Brecon Leisure Complex 1,734,000
JKI/Firestone Redevelopment, Wrexham Industrial Estate 1,600,000
1Grant subject to resolution of outstanding issues with the European Commission.

Information for EU grants other than from the structural funds could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much Wales received from the European social fund in each year since 1988; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood

The information for the period from 1990 is set out in the table.

ESF for Wales 1990–93
£
1990 10,094,700
1991 28,503,500
1992 29,064,600
1993 51,792,500

Notes:

1. Before 1990 all applications were handled directly by the European Commission and information is not held centrally in the United Kingdom.

2. The amount shown for 1993 represents the amount of ESF committed as final claims have not yet been received. For all other years the figures show the amounts claimed.

3. No reliable information is available for objectives 3, 4 and 6 in 1990 so the figure for that year covers objectives 2 and 5b only.

4. The objective 3 and 4 money received by Central Government for programmes in Wales for 1991 and 1992 is calculated as a percentage of the national figure.