§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will specify what grants have been allocated to Wals from the European regional development fund during each year since its inception; how many of these allocations have been de-committed each year; and for what reasons.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information requested is shown in the table:
Year Gross commitment (£ million) Number of projects committed (£ million) Amount decommitted1 Number of projects decommitted2 1975 6.2 122 — — 1976 8.4 116 — — 1977 7.1 119 0.6 — 1978 17.1 93 — — 1979 25.6 85 3.9 — 1980 33.0 107 0.6 — 1981 25.5 92 0.7 5 1982 50.7 99 3.3 13 1983 47.3 136 2.2 16 1984 65.6 113 2.6 6 1985 56.9 100 1.9 8 1986 59.5 119 — — Figures have been rounded. 1 Total grant de-commitment; includes projects which have been de-committed in whole or in part. 2 Relates to entire schemes which have not proceeded as originally intended by the responsible organisation. In addition there are a number of schemes which have not reached the maximum eligible expenditure and a small, residual amount of grant has been de-committed in each case. No records are available of individual project de-commitments prior to 1981.