§ Mr. Dykesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in the Official Report those grants and loans which have been received or are fully committed to British interests from EEC institutions from Great Britain's entry into the EEC to the latest available date, in the manner of his answer in the Official Report, 1st July 1976, Written Answers, columns 263–70.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 11th November 1976; Vol. 919, c. 251], gave the following information:
The amounts of grants and loans which have been received by the United Kingdom since our entry into the European Communities are as follows:
23rd July 1976. Further lists of projects supported by the fund will be published from time to time. Gross receipts from, the fund to date are £20.150 million.
903WDetails of other grants and loans received by the United Kingdom between the date of accession to the European Communities and the end of June this year were given in my reply of 1st July
1. EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND—ALLOCATED GRANTS £ million Scheme 1976 to date 1977 A. GOVERNMENTAL BODIES Training, transference and rehabilitation of former agricultural workers and workers in or leaving the textile industries in the United Kingdom 1.296 — Training and rehabilitation of unemployed workers in Northern Ireland 0.951 0.218 Encouragement of training and safeguarding the position of young workers during a period of high unemployment — 0.055 Training of heavy goods vehicle drivers — 0.305 Training divers for work associated with offshore oil development — 0.108 Assistance of disabled people in United Kingdom 0.274 — Training young people below 25 years of age under the Training Service Agency's Training Opportunities Scheme 2.837 — Training run by the Department of Agriculture and Education in Northern Ireland 0.572 — B. NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES Training of workers run by Industrial Training Boards 0.421 0.397 Training of workers from private companies in Great Britain 0.019 0.003 Training of workers on employers premises in Northern Ireland 0.354 0.858 Training of workers run by nationalised industries — 0.316
2. EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK Year Borrower Amount £ million 1976 … … Post Office … … … … … … 17.6 British Railways Board … … … … … … 5.5 Electricity Council and Central Electricity Generating Board … 26.0 North Sea, Inc … … … … … … 16.84 British Steel Corporation … … … … … … 6.75 British Steel Corporation … … … … … … 3.5 904W
3. EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY LOANS RECEIVED BY THE NCB FROM THE ECSC UNDER ARTICLE 54 1976 £ million November … … … … … 21.854 LOANS UNDER ARTICLE 56 1976 £ million October—Natural Gas Tubes Ltd. … … … … … 0.136 RESEARCH GRANTS APPROVED UNDER ARTICLE 55 (STEEL) 1976 £ million British Steel Corporation … … … … … 1.080 Others … … … … … 1.330 RESEARCH GRANTS AGREED UNDER ARTICLE 55 (COAL) 1976 £ million May … … … … … 0.030 July … … … … … 3.345 There has also, in September 1976, been an EEC research contract agreed for £15,710. to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Itchen (Mr. Mitchell). The amounts of grants and loans received by the United Kingdom since then are as follows:
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4. EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND (EAGGF)—GUIDANCE SECTION GRANTS EAGGF GUIDANCE: SUMMARY OF CLAIMS SUBMITTED Incurred in 1975 Amount of reimbursement requested £ million Modernisation of farms: Development Plans … … … … … 0.112 Guidance Premiums … … … … … 0.103 Provision of Socio-economic advice … … … … … 0.073 Acquisition of occupational skills … … … … … 0.013 Dairy Herd Conversion: 1st instalment … … … … … 4.092 2nd instalment … … … … … 2.561 Grants to Producers (Fruit and Vegetable Groups) … … … … … 0.021 Hop Gardens replanting and restructuring … … … … … 0.414 Less favoured areas Directive … … … … … 9.813 Grants to Producer Organisations (Fisheries) … … … … … 0.028 Structures Survey … … … … … 0.150
GUIDANCE SECTION (RETROSPECTIVE CLAIMS) Acquisition of occupational skills:— £ 1973 81 11.813 1974 90 10.570
EAGGF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS: SUMMARY OF GRANTS APPROVED (1st tranche 1976) 1976 programme Total grant £ million Land drainage (arterial) … … 0.890 Agricultural co-operatives and other schemes benefiting groups of farmers … … 0.195 Animal feedingstuffs manufacture … … 0.160 Food processing: … … Meat and poultry … … 1.221 Other … … 0.052 Other projects … … 0.284 Total … … 2.802 Note: The figures relating to individual projects refer to grants approved: actual payments may be phased over a period of up to 5 years.