§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much has been allocated to schemes in Northamptonshire under(a) the European regional development fund and (b) other structural funds in each of the last five years. [14310]
§ Mr. OppenheimNo part of Northamptonshire has been designated under any of the regionally based European structural funds programmes. There have therefore been no offers of grant from such programmes from 1991 to 1995.
The county has been, and continues to be, eligible to receive grants from programmes which are not geographically restricted, namely from the European social fund—ESF—under objective 3 of the funds, and 636W from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund—EAGGF—under objective 5a, as well as grant from the European regional development fund—ERDF—and ESF under a number of Community initiatives applying to the whole of the United Kingdom.
No ERDF grant has been offered during the period 1991–1995 to applicants from Northamptonshire. Information on ESF and EAGGF payments could be provided only at disproportionate cost, since it is not held at county level for either fund.