§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what grants have been allocated to Northern Ireland from the European regional development fund during each year since its inception; how many of these allocations have been decommitted each year; and for what reasons.
§ Mr. ViggersThe number and value of commitments to Northern Ireland from the European regional development fund and of decommitments during each year since the Fund's inception are contained in the table below. Commitments on industry projects have been decommitted either in full or in part because of failure to achieve job creation targets, failure to complete an investment as envisaged when commitment was sought or total failure of the company. Decommitments on infrastructure projects generally arise through overestimates of expenditure and consequent over-commitment or failure to proceed with projects as originally envisaged.
Commitments Decommitments Year Number £ £ Number 1975 16 7,751,305 454,351 4 1976 80 7,204,676 816,233 20 1977 40 8,152,304 2,890,294 18 1978 26 14,255,915 453,153 6 1979 16 27,746,900 9,165,755 3 1980 46 19,225,118 4,719,071 9 1981 60 27,922,662 3,065,094 4 1982 85 23,448,877 420,000 2 1983 141 21,907,804 76,500 1 1984 111 20,067,556 420,475 4 1985 150 23,191,294 228,633 5 1986 219 46,541,557 — — Totals 990 247,415,968 22,709,559 76