HC Deb 03 July 1984 vol 63 cc126-7W
53. Mr. Budgen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the allocations from the European social fund to each member state for the last three years for which such figures are available in (a) absolute and (b) percentage terms.

Mr. Gummer

The United Kingdom has been a substantial beneficiary from the social fund in the past few years. In 1983 we were allocated £320.8 million, 29.3 per cent. of the total social fund budget for that year and the largest share of any member state. The breakdown of allocations from the social fund to each member state for the years 1981 to 1983 is given below.

1981 1982 *1983
Member state Million ecu per cent. Million ecu per cent. Million ecu per cent.
Netherlands 12.68 1.3 16.53 1.1 23.40 1.2
United Kingdom 248.64 24.9 444.74 29.0 554.54 29.3
TOTAL 1,000.15 1,531.98 1,893.01
* Provisional.