HC Deb 28 October 1998 vol 318 cc160-1W
Mr. Alasdair Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what have been the annual running costs for each year since their establishment of each of the regional committees or bodies for the disbursement of European structural funds; and by what means such costs are scrutinised. [56251]

Mr. Meale

In England the Government Office for the Regions provide the Chair and secretariat to the Programme Monitoring Committees (PMCs) responsible for the disbursement of funds for Objective 1, 2 and 5b programmes and most Community Initiatives, under the European Structural Funds. The current programmes have been running since 1994 and are worth approximately £400 million/year. The table shows the total outturn costs for Government Offices of managing those funds for which they are responsible, on an annual basis since 1995–96. Figures for 1994–95 are not available in this format. This table includes the costs of managing the regional allocations of DfEE national programmes, but not those administered by MAFF. It also

Go-Minis 2, 3 and 4
£000
1995–96—outturn 1996–97—outturn 1997–98—outturn 1998–99—allocation
Pay and service costs European funding ESF Other European ESF Other European ESF Other European Total
GO-NE 457.00 73.55 399.60 36.00 470.00 119.72 516.30 2,072.17
GO-NW 505.00 92.05 422.15 106.10 416.06 188.82 421.19 2,151.37
GO-M 357.00 187.24 364.54 206.51 408.43 213.53 480.96 2,218.21
GO-YH 481.00 64.26 457.55 64.26 457.55 92.18 477.27 2,094.07
GO-WM 402.00 62.64 439.57 102.00 464.01 142.55 494.42 2,107.19
GO-EM 353.00 61.11 285.07 45.26 385.22 80.00 418.89 1,628.55
GO-ER 207.00 5.20 273.00 54.80 213.80 76.90 208.66 1,039.36
GO-SE 300.00 51.72 186.53 34.71 259.34 159.85 243.75 1,235.90
GO-SW 325.00 95.00 474.00 123.00 465.00 180.00 465.00 2,127.00
GO-L 288.00 30.00 294.15 62.28 275.83 164.00 305.00 1,419.26
Total 3,675.00 722.77 3,596.16 834.92 3,815.24 1,417.55 4,031.44 18,093.08