HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 cc992-3W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the annual UK receipts from European Community Structural and Cohesion Funds from 1995 and the projected receipts for 2003 and 2004. [77650]

Ruth Kelly

Details of UK receipts from Structural Operations for the period 1995–96 to 2001–02 are set out in the table.

Year £ billion
1995–96 1.136
1996–97 1.392
1997–98 1.558
1998–99 0.912
1999–2000 1.213
2000–01 1.444
2001–02 0.664

Latest forecasts of receipts from Structural Operations for the period 2002–03 to 2004–05 are as follows.

Year £ billion
2002–03 1.3
2003–04 1.7
2004–05 1.5