§ 32. Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of delivering of public match funds to EU objective one regions. [83636]
§ Alan JohnsonThe Government have not carried out such an assessment, but are unaware of any current difficulties over the provision of public match funding to support projects in Objective 1 regions.
Many of the sources of match funding are national programmes that respond to demand from the regions. In January 2002, the Government published a revised list of potential central Government sources of match funding in England. It is available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/europe/mfl.htm on the internet.
Administration of the EU structural funds in Wales, including issues relating to match funding, is a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government.