HC Deb 12 March 2004 vol 418 c1781W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much matched EU funding was made available by her Department in each year since 1997, broken down by nation of the United Kingdom. [160109]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 9 March 2004]: Details of funds distributed by DTI to match European Structural Funds are not recorded centrally, and could therefore be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Since the devolution arrangements for Scotland and Wales were established in 1999, with responsibility for the financing of European Structural Funds transferred to the devolved Administrations, DTI match funding has been restricted to England.