§ Mr. CoxTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the moneys that have been made available to each of the regions of the United Kingdom from each of the European Union's structural funds in each of the last three years. [49482]
§ Mrs. RocheStructural Funds allocations under Objectives 1, 2 and 5b (excluding the Community Initiatives) are given in the table. Allocations for the Community Initiatives (which represent approximately 9 per cent of the UK's overall Objectives 1, 2 and 5b allocations) and under Objectives 3, 4 and 5a have not been given, since not all of these are regionally allocated. The decline in allocations under Objective 2 between 1996 and 1997 will be fully offset by higher allocations in 1998 and 1999.
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UK SPD Allocations: 1995–97million ecu, 1998 prices 1995 1996 1997 Objective 1 Merseyside ERDF 75 80 86 ESF 53 57 61 EAGGF 0 1 1 Total 129 138 148 Highlands and Islands ERDF 29 30 33 ESF 9 10 10 EAGGF 8 9 10 FIFG 4 4 3 Total 50 53 56 Northern Ireland ERDF 109 117 126 ESF 53 58 62 EAGGF 29 32 33 FIFG 2 2 3 Total 194 209 223 Total UK Objective 1 ERDR 213 227 245 ESF 116 125 133 EAGGF 38 41 43 FIFG 6 6 6 Total 372 400 427
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UK SPD Allocations: 1995–97million ecu, 1998 prices 1995 1996 1997 Objective 2 North East England ERDF 81 86 46 ESF 27 29 18 Total 109 115 65 West Cumbria ERDF 7 7 2 ESF 2 2 2 Total 9 9 4 Yorkshire and Humberside ERDF 83 86 94 ESF 28 29 28 Total 110 115 122 East Midlands ERDF 21 22 25 ESF 7 7 8 Total 28 29 33 West Midlands ERDF 98 104 68 ESF 33 35 27 Total 131 138 95 North West ERDF 81 86 30 ESF 35 37 29 Total 116 123 59 East London and Lea Valley ERDF 20 21 16 ESF 7 7 6 Total 26 28 22 Thanet ERDF 4 4 5 ESF 1 1 1 Total 5 5 6 Plymouth ERDF 8 9 9 ESF 2 2 2 Total 10 11 11 Industrial South Wales ERDF 50 53 35 ESF 17 18 15 Total 66 70 50 Eastern Scotland ERDF 34 36 38 ESF 9 9 9 Total 43 45 47 Western Scotland ERDF 79 83 50 ESF 22 24 20 Total 101 107 70 Total United Kingdom Objective 2 ERDF 565 597 417 ESF 188 199 166 Total 753 796 584 Objective 5b South West England ERDF 24 28 28 ESF 5 6 6 EAGGF 7 8 8 Total 36 42 42 The Marches ERDF 4 4 4 ESF 1 2 2 EAGGF 1 1 1 Total 7 7 7 Midlands Uplands ERDF 1 2 2 ESF 0 0 0 EAGGF 0 0 0 Total 2 2 2 Northern Uplands ERDF 11 12 12 ESF 4 3 5 EAGGF 3 5 3
UK SPD Allocations: 1995–97million ecu, 1998 prices 1995 1996 1997 Total 18 21 21 Lincolnshire ERDF 6 7 7 ESF 1 2 2 EAGGF 2 2 2 Total 9 10 10 East Anglia ERDF 7 8 8 ESF 1 1 2 EAGGF 2 2 2 Total 10 11 12 Rural Wales ERDF 19 22 22 ESF 6 6 6 EAGGF 6 7 7 Total 30 35 35 Borders of Scotland ERDF 3 4 4 ESF 1 1 1 EAGGF 1 1 1 Total 5 6 6 Dumfries and Galloway ERDF 6 7 7 ESF 1 1 1 EAGGF 1 1 1 Total 8 9 9 Central Scotland/Tayside ERDF 3 3 3 ESF 1 1 1 EAGGF 1 1 1 Total 4 5 5 Grampian ERDF 5 5 6 ESF 1 1 1 EAGGF 1 1 1 Total 7 8 8 Total United Kingdom Objective 5b ERDF 88 102 103 ESF 24 25 28 EAGGF 23 29 27 Total 136 156 157