§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the commitment of EU development assistance to the EU/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development investment preparation facility in 2002. [163862]
§ Hilary BennThe EU/EBRD Investment Preparation Facility (IPF), which ran until the end of 2003, was part of the EC regular Tacis budget. The facility essentially
1158WCIPFA, included regional breakdowns in the library statistics for the first lime in 2001–02 and this is the only year for which these figures are available currently. The premises and books and pamphlets expenditure figures for the East Midlands Region for 2001–02 are shown as follows.
The CIPFA statistics are broken down to library authority level. The relevant figures for Derbyshire are shown as follows. Derbyshire County Council will be able to supply information for the West Derbyshire area specifically.
consisted of EC technical cooperation funds for EBRD projects in the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2002 the EU/EBRD IPF amounted to a total Euro 10 million, of which Euro 2 million have been committed. The facility has, to this date, supported projects in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan.