§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the payments received from the United Kingdom for each of the structural funds from 1975 for each year for (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland.
Receipts from the Community budget £ million 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom Receipts Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Funds (Guidance) 5 16 26 22 32 62 55 32 83 65 69 Social Fund 19 11 49 65 84 99 137 168 108 296 269 Regional Development Fund 8 37 49 40 107 136 143 119 176 214 286 Scotland Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (Guidance) 1 6 10 8 11 21 21 11 20 17 19 Social Fund — — — — — — — — — — — Regional Development Fund 2 6 16 10 21 27 40 27 41 69 80 Source: Departmental records of MAFF; DEmp; Scottish Office; DTI.
Notes:
(1) Regional breakdown of European Social Fund receipts cannot be readily provided.
(2) The figures for Guidance do not include expenditure on non-marketing of milk. Nor do they include expenditure relating to Training Guidance Directive 161 of 1972.