§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report, a table showing for each of the past five years the total receipts by way of grants and other payments which have come to Wales from the European Economic Community budget.
Identifiable grants and loans from the European Community (Commitments up to November 1982) £ million* Source 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Total European regional development fund—Quota (grants) 17.1 21.7 32.5 24.8 29.2 125.3 European regional development fund—Non-Quota (grants)† — — — — 10.5 10.5 European social fund (grants)‡ 4.6 6.8 9.9 1.8 2.6 25.7 European Investment Bank (loans) 34.1 197.6 13.6 0.6 13.1 259.0 European Coal and Steel Community (loans) 99.1 21.6 29.5 60.4 12.5 223.1 European Coal and Steel Community (grants)║ 3.5 1.5 7.8 17.4 11.4 41.6 FEOGA¶ 6.9 4.1 18.2 30.5 24.1 83.8 165.3 253.3 111.5 135.5 103.4 769.0 In addition expenditure programmes in Wales have been granted supplementary measures support of £220 million under the Community Budget agreement of 30 May 1980. Of this some £117.7 million was allocated from the 1980 Budget most of which was received in 1981 and £102 million from the 1981 Budget paid in 1982.
Footnotes to table
* All figures have been independently rounded.
† Represents the total allocation to Wales under the ERDF non-quota regulation in respect of the 1982 to 1985 Programme period.
‡ This is a minimum figure. Most allocations from the European Social Fund are in respect of schemes operating nationally, or in a number of parts of the United Kingdom, which cannot be disaggregated at the Wales level.
║ Identifiable commitments are in respect of the steel industry only.
¶ FEOGA figures are based on identifiable receipts not commitments.