§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give details of total regional development fund money for each year since 1979 for (a) Wales and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 10 June 1986, 133]: The allocations from the European regional development fund to Wales and England in each year since 1979 are shown in the following table:
Wales Support Measures Section Specific Community Measures England Support Measures Section £ million Specific Community Measures 1979 21.7 — 76.2 1980 32.5 75 1981 24.8 71.9 1982 47.3 10.6 113.8 7.8 1983 45.1 105.2 1984 63.0 7.3 182.1 58.3 1985 54.9 193.0 Allocations under the support measures section were made by the European Commission in the light of the provisions of the main ERDF regulation. Allocations in respect of specific Community measures were made in the light of the contents of programmes approved under the subsidiary regulations relating to the individual specific measures.