§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing all applications for assistance from the European Economic Community Regional Fund indicating where grants have been applied for, where they have been rejected and where they are still pending, giving the size of the grant as well as the total cost of the project and indicating the nature of the project, in the following categories, industrial, providing more jobs, industrial plant, infrastructure, transport and communications or energy supplies in Northern Ireland;
(2) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing all applications for assistance from the European Economic Community Regional Fund indicating where grants have been applied for, where they have been rejected and where they are still pending, giving the size of the grant as well as the total cost of the project and indicating the nature of the project, in the following categories, industrial, providing more jobs, industrial plant, infrastructure, 631W transport and communications or energy supplies in North-West England;
(3) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing all applications for assistance from the European Economic Community Regional Fund, indicating where grants have been applied for, where they have been rejected and where they are still pending, giving the size of the grant as well as the total cost of the project and indicating the nature of the project, in the following categories, industrial, providing more jobs, industrial plant, infrastructure, transport and communications or energy supplies in the Yorkshire and Humberside area;
(4) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing all applications for assistance from the European Economic Community Regional Fund, indicating where grants have been applied for, where they have been rejected and where they are still pending, giving the size of the grant as well as the total cost of the project and indicating the nature of the project, in the following categories, industrial, providing more jobs, industrial plant, infrastructure, transport and communications or energy supplies in the East Midlands;
(5) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing all applications for assistance from the European Economic Community Regional Fund, indicating where grants have been applied for, where they have been rejected and where they are still pending, giving the size of the grant as well as the total cost of the project and indicating the nature of the project, in the following categories, industrial, providing more jobs, industrial plant, infrastructure, transport and communications, or energy supplies in the South West of England.
§ Mr. John SilkinWhen decisions are taken on applications announcements will be made, but I do not consider it desirable to publish details of applications while they are still under consideration, particularly as industrial applications are subject to commercial confidentiality.