§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the totals of loans and grants received by the National Coal Board from the European Coal and Steel Community and other European Economic Community agencies in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. John MooreTotal loans and grants received by the National Coal Board from European Community sources in each of the last five years were as follows:
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Loans £m
Grants £m
1976 89.9 3.0 1977 61.0 6.3 1978 171.0 3.4 1979 150.9 4.1 1980 130.5 6.3 procedures by which the arrangements for monitoring every large development project are to be agreed before the project is approved. The circular clarified the role of the overseas posts concerned, and was not intended to place upon them additional tasks beyond those referred to more broadly in existing instructions. It is left to the discretion of Overseas Development Administration staff how far the new procedures are to apply to existing projects.
It is too early to say what effect, if any, the new instructions will have on work loads in the posts concerned. They will, of course, be taken into account in future inspections.