§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the moneys received by local authorities in the county of Clwyd from the regional fund of the EU since its inception.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe total European regional development fund grant aid received by local authorities in Clwyd since 1975 is £48,424,961.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the regional challenge basis for ERDF funding allocation in England being used as a suitable basis for allocating funds in Wales; and what plans he has to top-slice objective 5b funds in Wales.
§ Mr. RedwoodI have decided that a proportion of the ERDF allocations in both the objective 2 and 5b areas of Wales will be used to fund projects selected through regional challenge competitions, which I believe will enhance the quality and value for money of grant allocations by stimulating the submission of imaginative regeneration and development proposals from local partnerships.