§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2000, Official Report, column 134W, on EU structural funds, if he will state in both sterling and euros the amounts allocated to(a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) England, the totals in each area of the matching funds required, and (i) the amounts so far agreed and (ii) yet to be found by Her Majesty's Government and other sources. [113728]
§ Mr. CabornThe table gives the 1999 EU structural fund allocations for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England for Objective 1, 2 and 5b. Objectives 3, 4, 5a and the Community Initiatives totalling £296 million, 448 million euros, are managed on a UK basis and cannot be attributed by region. The 1999 match funding figures do not include the UK managed funds or the amount yet to be found which is still to be calculated.
1999 Structural Funds million £ Euros Allocations Scotland 190 286 Wales 75 113 Northern Ireland 446 672 England 741 1,118 Match funding Scotland 243 366 Wales 111 167 Northern Ireland 159 240 England 820 1,237