HL Deb 25 July 1997 vol 581 cc194-6WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much money each country of the EU gives or receives annually under (a) the Structural Funds and (b) the Cohesion Funds, and how they expect these figures to change over the next two years.

The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Simon of Highbury)

Estimated Structural and Cohesion Funds allocations to member states for the years 1997 to 1999 are shown in the table. There are no figures available for member states' contributions to the Structural and Cohesion Funds since member states contribute to the Community budget as a whole, and these contributions are not attributable to individual elements of it.

Estimated structural funds and cohesion fund allocations
Billion ecu, 1997 prices
1997 1998 1999
Structural funds Cohesion fund Structural funds Cohesion fund Structural funds Cohesion fund
Belgium 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
Denmark 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
Germany 3.8 0.0 4.1 0.0 4.4 0.0
Greece 2.7 0.5 2.9 0.5 3.2 0.5
Spain 6.1 1.5 6.6 1.5 7.1 1.6
France 2.7 0.0 2.8 0.0 2.9 0.0
Irish Republic 1.1 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.3 0.2
Italy 3.9 0.0 4.1 0.0 4.4 0.0
Luxembourg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Netherlands 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
Portugal 2.8 0.5 3.0 0.5 3.3 0.5
United Kingdom 2.4 0.0 2.4 0.0 2.5 0.0
Austria 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Sweden 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Finland 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
Total EC-15 27.4 2.7 29.2 2.8 31.0 2.8