HL Deb 16 February 1977 vol 379 cc1738-9WA
Baroness ELLES

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To list the loans made to the United Kingdom from the European Investment Bank during 1976, and to state what percentage of the total was made to the public sector compared with the private sector.

Baroness BIRK

My Lords, during 1976 the European Investment Bank made 22 loans in the United Kingdom

EIB LOANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1976
Date Borrower Location of Project Project Amount of Loan £m
19 Feb British Gas Corporation Scotland N. England Pipeline Network 20.0
26 Feb. Post Office Scotland Telecommunications Network 17.3
5 March National Water Council Lancashire Shap Aqueduct 9.0
5 March National Water Council Kielder N. E. England Reservoir System 4.0
28 April British Gas Corporation Southern England Pipeline Network 17.3
30 April British Railways Board Derby Advanced Passenger Train 11.6
22 May British Gas Corporation Southern England Pipeline Network 8.6
20 July Post Office North of England Telecommunications Network 17.6
20 July British Railways Board Holyhead, Wales Improving Sea Link 5.5
30 July Electricity Council and CEGB Dinorwic, Wales Hydro-Electric Scheme 26.0
20 Aug. North Sea Inc. Beryl Field Development of Oilfield 16.84
11 Oct. British Steel Corporation Durham Billet Mill 6.75
11 Oct. British Steel Corporation Motherwell, Scotland Plate Mill 3.5
16 Nov. British Railways Board Dover Cross-Channel "Stretched" Hovercraft 5.0
3 Dec. British Steel Corporation Port Talbot, South Wales Coal Handling and Blending System 12.6
3 Dec. British Steel Corporation Workington, N. England Mold Refurbishing Facilities 2.1
9 Dec. National Water Council Keilder, N.E. England A Dam and Reservoir on the Tyne 6.0
9 Dec. National Water Council Cornwall Water Supply and Sewerage 4.0
16 Dec. Santa Fe Minerals (UK) Inc. Thistle North Sea Oilfield Steel Production Platform, a Mooring Buoy and up to 60 Wells 17.87
22 Dec. British Petroleum Hull Acetic Acid Plant 19.66
22 Dec. British Petroleum North Sea Ninian Oilfield Oil Pipeline 10.73
23 Dec. British Steel Corporation Near Glasgow Pipe Finishing Facilities 17.00