§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how much in(a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total the United Kingdom received under the European Leonardo programme and its predecessor schemes over the last available five-year period; [11649]
(2) how much in (a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European Leonardo programme under the current financial perspectives. [11648]
§ Mr. ForthThe main predecessors of the Leonardo programme were the Comett, Force and Petra programmes. The following tables relate to funding received in the United Kingdom as a whole under these programmes; regional allocations are not available. No financial details of funds received within the Leonardo programme in 1995, its first year of operation, have yet been published by the European Commission.
Table 1: Figures in 000 ECU Year Comett Force Petra 19901 — — — 1991 3,048 21,055 1992 6,411 7,380 2,796 1993 3,871 3,866 1994 3,677 Not available 3,274 1Figures not available for 1990. 2Excludes placement/exchange activity.
Table 2: Figures in £000 Exchange rate I ECU=£0.8472 Year Comets Force Petra 19901 — — — 1991 2,582 2894 1992 5,432 6,252 2,369 1993 3,280 3,275 1994 3,115 Not available 2,774 1Figures not available for 1990. 2Excludes placement/exchange activity.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment ( I ) how much in(a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total the 561W United Kingdom received from the European Socrates programme and its predecessor schemes over the last available five years. [11652]
(2) how much in (a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European Socrates programme under the current financial perspectives. [11653]
§ Mr. ForthThe main predecessors of the Socrates programme were the Erasmus and Lingua programmes. The following table relates to funding allocated to the United Kingdom as a whole under these programmes; regional allocations are not available. No financial details of grants awarded under the Socrates programme in 1995, its first year of operation, have yet been published by the European Commission.
ERASMUS1 LINGUA Year ECU000 £0002 ECU000 £0002 1990 5,372 4,551 n/a n/a 1991 6,822 5,780 32,156 31,827 562W
European Social Fund Allocations 1991–95 1994 prices using an exchange rate of £1 = 1.2 ecu Community initiatives are included between 1991–93 and excluded for 1994 and 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Objective 1 Northern Ireland 75 53 80 59 78 61 49 40 50 42 332 255 Merseyside1 — — — — — — 46 39 50 42 96 81 Highlands and Islands1 — — — — — — 8 7 9 7 17 14 Total 75 53 80 59 78 61 103 86 109 91 445 350 Objective 2 North-East England 25 17 29 21 27 21 24 20 26 21 131 100 East England2 24 17 28 20 26 21 — — — — 78 58 East Midlands1 — — — — — — 6 5 7 6 13 11 West Midlands 19 13 22 16 20 16 30 25 31 26 122 96 North West England 51 36 60 44 56 44 31 26 33 27 231 177 West Cumbria 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 13 10 West Scotland 18 13 21 16 20 16 20 17 21 17 100 79 East Scotland 6 4 7 5 7 5 8 8 8 7 36 29 South Wales 14 10 17 12 16 12 15 12 16 13 78 59 North East Wales2 2 1 2 2 2 2 — — — — 6 5 Yorkshire and Humberside1 — — — — — — 25 21 26 22 51 43 East London and Lea Valley1 — — — — — — 6 5 6 5 12 10 Thanet1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Plymouth — — — — — — 2 2 2 2 4 4 Total 162 113 189 138 177 139 170 144 179 149 877 683 Objectives 3 and 4 Total3 314 262 371 309 548 457 421 351 554 462 2,208 1,841 Objective 5b South West England 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 4 17 14 Rural Wales 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 4 17 14 Highland and Islands2 4 3 2 2 2 2 — — — — 8 7 Dumfries and Galloway1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 The Marches1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Northern Uplands1 — — — — — — 2 2 4 4 6 6 Lincolnshire1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 East Anglia — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Borders of Scotland1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Central Scotland/Tayside1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Grampian1 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 2 2 Total 12 9 6 6 6 6 17 15 21 19 62 55 Grand total 563 437 646 512 809 663 711 596 863 721 3,592 2,929 1These programmes commenced in 1994. 2These programme areas were redefined from 1994. 3Objectives 3 and 4 are national programmes not divided regionally. 1991–93 figures cover both objectives which were amalgamated into Objective 3 from 1994 onwards.
ERASMUS1 LINGUA Year ECU000 £0002 ECU000 £0002 1992 9,249 7,836 44,210 43,567 1993 9,582 8,118 44,769 44,040 1994 10,328 8,750 45,283 44,476 1Includes LINGUA Action II. 2At 1 ECU = £0.8472. 3LINGUA Actions I, III, IV and VB only. 4LINGUA Actions I, III, IV and V only. n/a not available.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much in(a) Ecus and (b) pound sterling by standard region and in total the United Kingdom received under the European social fund over the last available five years. [11660]
§ Mr. ForthInformation by standard region is not available except at disproportionate cost. The following table shows the amounts of European social fund as allocated to the United Kingdom in the years 1991–95.