§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the United Kingdom's share of the EU Leader Plus programme; which member states receive more funding under the programme than the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [105663]
§ Mr. MorleyThe United Kingdom's share of the EU Leader Plus Community Initiative is 106 million euro out of 2,020 million euro for the period 2000–06. The Member States receiving more funding than the United Kingdom are Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. The European Commission have said that allocations to Member States were based on allocations under previous programmes and objective criteria such as population in rural areas, utilised agricultural area and population density.