§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amount due to be paid to training providers in respect of training provided in 1994 and financed by the European social fund will not be paid as a result of exchange rate fluctuations; and if she will list the 50 organisations which have had the largest reductions and the amounts in each case. [35455]
§ Mr. ForthIt is not yet known whether any money due to be paid to training providers in respect of 1994 projects financed by the European social fund will not be paid as a result of exchange rate fluctuations. Training providers have been paid 95 per cent. of the total European social fund money to which they were entitled in their agreed final claim. Revised final claims have been submitted to the Commission for each European social fund programme. It is hoped to pay the remaining 5 per cent. to all applicants, but the precise amount will depend on the exchange rate on the day the money is received from the European Commission. The 50 organisations for whom the largest reductions were made and the amounts concerned are as follows:
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Organisation name Amount reduced (£) Department for Education and Employment 8,952,962 Scottish Enterprise 1,274,315 Welsh Office 707,933 Employment Service 566,933 Government office for Merseyside 560,157 Government office for the west midlands 422,454 Strathclyde regional council 416,682 Government office for Yorkshire and Humberside 265,955 City of Liverpool community college 164,780 Government office for the north-east 159,330 British Coal Enterprise Ltd. 129,490 Wirral metropolitan college 122,483 Gwent tertiary college 106,463 Highlands and Islands Enterprise 103,140 Government office for the east midlands 98,954 Cardiff institute of higher education 92,065 Scottish office for mental health 90,161 University college Salford 85,543 The Sheffield college 80,699 Knowsley community college 74,723 Newcastle college 69,331 NRITEA 64,125
Organisation name Amount reduced (£) Government office for the south-west 64,118 The Wise Group 63,594 The British Refugee Council 62,282 University of Aberdeen 59,958 Bilston community college 57,663 City college Manchester 54,382 Pontypridd college 53,920 Government office for London 53,783 The college of north-west London 51,295 University of Leicester 50,849 Leeds city council 50,366 Cleveland county council 49,737 Sutton Coldfield college 48,731 Hugh Baird college 47,940 Southport college 46,188 Fife college 44,835 Birmingham college of FT and creative studies 42,725 Wakefield college 39,625 Manchester college of arts and technology 38,486 Community Service Volunteers 38,207 Blackburn college 37,776 ATB-Landbase 36,765 Wearside college 36,628 University of Dundee 35,890 Tameside college technology 35,840 University of Wales, Bangor 35,773 South Birmingham college 35,729 Swansea institute of higher education 35,598