§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total amount of the second allocation grant to the United Kingdom from the EEC; to which regions the grants are going; and what are the approximate amounts to each town within the regions.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieIn its second round of allocations from the Regional Development Fund the EEC Commission approved contributions totalling £27 million towards the cost of 298 projects in the United Kingdom. The number of projects in each region and the fund allocation was:
Details of the projects have been published in Press Notices issued on 18th December 1975 by my Department, the Department of the Environment, the Scottish and Welsh Offices and the Northern Ireland Department of Commerce. Copies of these are being sent to my hon. Friend and placed in the Library.
Number of Projects Fund Allocation £ England Northern Region 55 5,728,372 North-West Region 38 1,973,686 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 23 401,910 East Midlands 5 51,750 West Midlands 1 11,100 South-West Region 20 479,675 Northern Ireland 8 6,557,794 Scotland 72 8,147,533 Wales 76 3,709,499 298 27,061,319