§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the amounts of money paid or committed in respect of projects in each of the member states of the European Union under the Interreg programme for each available year since its inception. [7038]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 20 December 1995]: I have information about amounts of money committed in respect of projects only in the UK. Interreg grants so committed have been as follows:
- 1991: £3.7 million
- 1992: £8.2 million
- 1993: £17.3 million
- 1994: £6.7 million
- 1995: £1.5 million
Total allocations of Interreg II A grants for 1994–99 are as follows:
Ecu million UK 109.4 France 246 Germany 402.2 Italy 347.4 Spain 564.7 Netherlands 69.1 Belgium 82 Luxembourg 3.5 Republic of Ireland 133.5 Denmark 17.7 Portugal 339.7 Greece 595 Sweden 39.5 Finland 43.7 Austria 42.7 For Interreg I, the amounts are not available to me.