§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Industry what have been the total receipts and the regional distribution of such receipts from the European regional development fund, both commitments and payments, and from grants and loans under each major heading of the European Coal and Steel Community in the first 11 months of 1981.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information is as follows:
1. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Commitments and payments to the United Kingdom from the European regional development fund from January to November 1981 are as follows: Country/Region Commitments £ million Payments £ million England of which 57.042 42.917 Northern Region 30.556 28.276 North-West Region 7.602 8.908 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 8.243 2.631 East Midlands Region 4.752 0.213 West Midlands Region — 0.001 South-West Region 5.889 2.888 Scotland 58.207 30.551 Wales 19.233 19.206 Northern Ireland 19.516 9.273 Total United Kingdom 153.998 101.947
2. European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Column (a) of the following table shows allocations (ie commitments to pay at least the agreed amount with an equivalent or greater accompanying contribution by Government) of re-adaptation aid for United Kingdom steel workers from January to November 1981; column (b) shows ECSC loans disbursed from January to November 1981 Country/Region Readaptation Grants: Commitments (a) £ million Reconversion Loans: Payments (b) £ million England of which 17.420 10.486 Northern Region 6.935 4.297 North-West Region 0.841 1.237 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 7.371 1.888 West Midlands Region 2.273 0.050 East Midlands Region — 3.014 Scotland 1.039 2.465 Wales 17.469 8.715 Total 35.928 21.666 There has been no assistance from ECSC sources to the steel industry during the first 11 months of 1981.