HC Deb 22 November 1999 vol 339 cc35-6W
Dr. Whitehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the value of EU-funded programmes in(a) Southampton, (b) Newcastle, (c) Hull, (d) Sheffield, (e) Manchester, (f) Rotherham, (g) Dover, (h) Bristol, (i) Bath, (j) Sunderland, (k) Birmingham and (l) Leicester. [98574]

Mr. Caborn

It is not possible to give figures specific to each town, nor for all European funding since UK accession. The following table gives the value of 1994–99 EU-funded programmes available in the areas containing the towns mentioned.

Programme Value (£ million)1 Towns contained
Objective 3/4 2,691.7 Nationally available
Objective 5a2 282.3 Nationally available
NE England Objective 2 494.1 Newcastle and Sunderland
Yorkshire and Humberside Objective 2 536.5 Hull, Sheffield and Rotherham
Manchester/Lancashire/Cheshire Objective 2 539.1 Manchester
West Midlands Objective 2 595.2 Birmingham
1£ = 1.534 euro
2Objective 5a is a rural programme and therefore unlikely to have funded projects in urban areas