HC Deb 21 January 1994 vol 235 cc850-1W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total budgets of the European Commission's training programmes of(a) CEDEFOP, (b) COMETT, (c) DELTA, (d) EUROTECNET, (e) FORCE, (f) IRIS, (g) PETRA and (h) TEMPUS in each year since their establishment; and what proportion of each was granted to (i) the northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

It would require disproportionate time and cost to collect the information on the total budgets of the various training programmes mentioned in each year since their establishment.

It is not possible to calculate accurately what proportion of those programmes was allocated to the United Kingdom, or to individual regions in the United Kingdom.

Where available for the programmes listed, total budgets for the preceding three years are provided in the table>:

Total budget (Million ECU)
Programme name 1991 1992 1993
CEDEFOP 10.350 10.800 12.850
COMETT 41.750 55.100 40.500
DELTA 0.900 0.120 —
EUROTECHNET 2.300 1.250 0.967
FORCE 13.850 17.500 20.300
IRIS 0.500 0.500 —
PETRA 21.100 26.500 30.700

Total funding for the TEMPUS programme in the period 1990 to 1993 was 192 million ecu.

Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total budget awarded under the European social fund to the European Commission's vocational training initiatives of(a) EUROFORM, (b) HORIZON and (c) NOW 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. Michael Forsyth

The total budget from the European social fund—ESF—for EUROFORM is £218 million, for HORIZON £211 million and for NOW £109 million. These are global amounts allocated by the European Commission for the period 1991 to 1993.

The allocation in Great Britain for each initiative is £25.5 million for EUROFORM, £20 million for HORIZON and £6.3 million for NOW. The figures given relate to Great Britain. The ESF in Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department of Economic Development.

The grants awarded to projects in the northern region amount to £920,519 for EUROFORM, £1,119,442 for HORIZON and £697,505 for NOW.