§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those projects in privatised companies which have received European social fund support since privatisation indicating(a) the level of funding and (b) the dates when it was received. [21293]
§ Mr. Ancram[holding answer 1 May 1995]: There are no privatised companies in Northern Ireland in direct receipt of support from the European social fund since their privatisation.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those public projects which received European social fund support and were subsequently privatised over the last 10 years indicating(a) the level of funding and (b) the dates when it was received. [21292]
§ Mr. Ancram[holding answer 1 May 1995]: Over the last 10 years, three public sector organisations, Northern Ireland Electricity, Harland and Wolff and Short Brothers received support from the European social fund as follows:
ESF Paid(£) NIE H and W Shorts 1985 733,564 475,591 815,349 1986 873,671 170,547 790,429 1987 856,619 384,623 324,563 1988 760,997 93,531 160,120 1989 605,442 — — 1990 1,005,805 — — 1991 1,037,414 — — 1992 670,344 — — 1993 176,390 — — Total 6,720,246 1,124,292 2,090,461 Funding was awarded to NIE to run EC-approved engineering apprenticeship training courses at a purpose-built training centre. H and W and Short Brothers did not make any further applications for ESF after 1988.