§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been received by Northern Ireland under each of the European Community initiatives in each financial year to date; and what
£ million Initiative 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 INTERREG I (assistance to border areas) 5.09 5.70 16.11 — — — STRIDE (research and technological development) — 5.28 3.27 — — — ENVIREG (environmental improvement) 0.77 1.66 033 8.89 — 1.11 PRISMA (assistance to firms) — 1.21 2.19 — — — TELEMATIQUE (promotion of telecommunications service) — 3.35 — — — — EUROFORM (qualifications, new skills, and employment opportunity) — 0.05 0.96 0.62 — 0.16 NOW (employment opportunity for women) — 0.30 0.54 — 0.15 — HORIZON (handicapped and certain disadvantaged groups) — 0.23 0.75 0.20 0.21 — —Support Structures 0.03 0.02 0.13 0.08 0.09 — RETEx I (diversification for textile regions) — — 0.9 0.55 — — LEADER I (rural development) — 1.09 — 1.17 — — KONVER I (restructuring of defence-dependent areas) — — — 0.25 — — Under the 1994–99 structural funds allocation, Northern Ireland benefits under 10 Community initiative programmes including the EU special support programme for peace and reconciliation. The amounts received to date under each initiative are:
£ million Initiative 1995–96 1996–97 INTERREG II (promoting cross border areas) 5.94 — SMEs (small firms) 2.55 — RETEx II (diversification for textile regions) 1.54 — EMPLOYMENT (addressing exclusion and marginalisation in the labour markets) 0.51 4.30 ADAPT (industrial change) — 0.70 URBAN (developing selected urban areas 5.65 — PESCA (development of fishing areas) — 0.08 LEADER II (rural development) 1.89 0.68 KONVER II (restructuring of defence-dependent areas) — 0.06 PEACE PROGRAMME 8.83 33.25 (a) Receipts earned by the private sector and by non-central Government public sector bodies are paid to the claimant. The receipts represent cash additions to the recipients. Receipts earned by central Government are paid into the Northern ireland consolidated fund. All receipts are subject to EC audit arrangements and normal Government accounting requirements
62Wproportion of funding each year (a) represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy and (b) was used to offset Government expenditure. [10810]
§ Sir John WheelerUnder the 1989–93 structural funds allocation, Northern Ireland had 11 approved Community initiatives. The amounts received to date under each initiative are:
(b) The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.