§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the payments received from the European Community from each of the structural funds and from the European steel and coal Fund from 1975 for each year for (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the money received by Scotland from the European social fund.
§ Mr. BrookeInformation concerning Community receipts by territorial areas within the United Kingdom, and individual projects and programmes benefiting from296W these receipts, is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. A breakdown of United Kingdom receipts by receiving Departments (including the Scottish Office) and by type of expenditure (for example, the regional development and social funds) is contained in table 3.3.3 of the public expenditure White Paper published on 14 January (Command 56-II, page 71). Information on total United Kingdom receipts from the structural funds is also contained in table 3.3.2 of the White Paper (page 70).