HC Deb 27 October 1980 vol 991 c8W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount granted by EEC sources for projects in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside in the latest available year.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher:

Financial allocations from the European Community for projects in Dundee and Tayside, for the year to 30 September 1980, were as follows:

Dundee Tayside (including Dundee)
£m £m
European Regional Development Fund 0.873 2.305
FEOGA Individual Projects 0.524
European Investment Bank 2.35 2.55

Training schemes throughout the United Kingdom receive support from the European social fund but detailed figures for individual regions are not available. In 1979 the European Commission made a grant of £6,300 for a voluntary small claims procedure experiment centred on Dundee.