§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund in each financial year from 1 January 1973; how much of these receipts each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
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§ Mr. Stanley[holding answer 3 May 1988]: The following amounts were received from the European regional development fund:
Financial year Total £ million 1973–74 — 1974–75 — 1975–76 2.9 1976–77 7.2 1977–78 6.4 1978–79 4.0 1979–80 16.0 1980–81 21.0 1981–82 16.4 1982–83 18.0 1983–84 13.5 1984–85 16.9 1985–86 18.4 1986–87 23.2 1987–88 145.9 TOTAL 2209.8 1 Provisional outturn. 2 The figures show total European regional development fund receipts brought to account in Northern Ireland. It should be noted that awards totalling £10.5 million were decommitted by the European Commission on failed industrial projects. European regional development fund assistance is earned by industrial and infrastructure projects, and by programmes combining elements of both. Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies are passed on to them and represent a direct benefit to those bodies by enabling them to reduce their capital indebtedness.
Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and for industrial projects are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All the receipts are subject to normal European Commission audit arrangments.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money in Northern Ireland has been allocated from the European social fund in each financial year since 1 January 1973; how much of these receipts were paid to the private sector and how much to the public sector; how much each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Stanley[holding answer 3 May 1988]: The following amounts were received from the European social fund:
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Financial year Private sector £ million Public sector £ million Total £ million 1973–74 — — — 1974–75 — 3.36 3.36 1975–76 0.01 — 0.01 1976–77 0.12 6.31 6.43 1977–78 0.35 7.17 7.52 1978–79 0.42 14.53 14.95 1979–80 0.57 14.39 14.96 1980–81 2.00 21.01 23.01
Financial year Private sector £ million Public sector £ million Total £ million 1981–82 2.62 22.36 24.98 1982–83 5.52 29.72 35.24 1983–84 7.38 30.62 38.00 1984–85 9.70 28.26 37.96 1985–86 1.81 23.15 24.96 1986–87 8.66 44.65 53.31 1987–88 17.31 150.58 157.89 Totals 46.47 296.11 342.58 1 Provisional outturn. Receipts earned by the private sector and by non-central Government public sector bodies are paid to the claimant. The receipts represent cash additions to the recipients. Receipts earned by central Government are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All ESF receipts are subject to EC audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year from 1 January 1973, from the European Economic Community apart from payments under the European regional development fund, the European social fund and the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund guidance section.
§ Mr. Stanley[holding answer 3 May 1988]: The following amounts have been identified as being received in Northern Ireland from EC sources other than three structural funds:
Financial year Total £ million 1973–74 — 1974–75 — 1975–76 — 1976–77 — 1977–78 — 1978–79 0.6 1979–80 0.8 1980–81 0.7 1981–82 0.2 1982–83 1.4 1983–84 24.3 1984–85 23.7 1985–86 27.1 1986–87 2.7 1987–88 127.5 Total 109.0 1 Provisional outturn. These figures contain two main elements. First, some £57.9 million of receipts received under the special urban renewal regulation, which provided assistance for infrastructure projects in the Belfast area. Second, certain receipts, totalling some £47.9 million, from the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. While the bulk of guarantee section receipts are disbursed centrally by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and details of payments are not generally maintained at regional level, accounting responsibility for certain of the schemes was transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland in 447W 1987–88. Accordingly, the table includes these amounts as well as payments under the calf premium scheme which, being unique to Northern Ireland, is also accounted for by the Department and which appeared in 1982–83.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year up to 31 December 1987 from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund guidance section; how much of these receipts were paid to the private sector and how much to the public sector; how much of these receipts represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much each year was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Stanley[holding answer 3 May 1988]: The following amounts were received from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund guidance section:
Individual capital projects Financial year Private sector Public sector1 Other guidance schemes private sector2 £ million total 1974–75 — — 0.25 0.25 1975–76 0.45 — 0.21 0.66 1976–77 1.87 0.31 0.27 2.45 1977–78 1.28 0.31 1.28 2.87 1978–79 0.70 0.24 2.46 3.40 1979–80 1.27 0.20 3.21 4.68 1980–81 1.91 1.05 3.35 6.31 1981–82 1.43 0.13 4.69 6.25 1982–83 2.47 0.99 3.30 6.76 1983–84 1.59 0.38 14.65 16.62 1984–85 0.95 0.28 13.29 14.52 1985–86 3.56 0.03 11.83 15.42 1986–87 2.58 0.11 5.96 8.65 1987–88 33.29 3— 36.44 9.73 Totals 23.35 4.03 71.19 98.57 1 Includes the Milk Marketing Board, which is not financed from public funds although it is a statutory body. 2 Includes reference to the approximate share of total expenditure in Northern Ireland on various structural schemes which were applied throughout the United Kingdom. 3 Provisional outturn. In addition, £443,000 has been received by the public sector for socio-economic training.
All these receipts represent cash additions to the recipients and are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.