§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the timing of European social fund payments to the Greenbank project, Liverpool. [7158]
§ Mr. ForthThe Greenbank project submitted claims for three projects in 1994. The payments were issued on the following dates:
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Date 940892UK1 First advance 25 October 1994 Second advance 3 April 1995 Interim payment 13 December 1995 940912UK1 First advance 9 December 1994 Second advance 3 April 1995 Interim payment 8 December 1995 940913UK1 First advance 10 March 1995 Second advance 10 March 1995 The Department has issued first advances for two of the three projects submitted by Greenbank in 1995.
Date 950992UK1 First advance 2 October 1995 950993UK1 First advance 25 August 1995 The third project —950991UK1—will receive its first advance once the Department has received a public match funding certificate. The Government have not yet received sufficient second advanced claims from objective 1 projects in 1995 for the second advance payment to be drawn down from the European Commission.