§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest estimates available to him of the total level of receipts to Welsh eligible bodies in Wales from the European regional development fund in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerTotal European regional development fund payments to eligible Welsh bodies in each of the past five years are shown in the following table:
£ million 1984 28.6 1985 47.0 1986 43.1 1987 43.8 1988 83.0
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest estimate available to him of the total level658W of commitments to eligible public bodies in Wales of grant aid from the European regional development fund in the current year and 1990.
§ Mr. GristThe latest estimate for European regional development fund commitments to Wales for 1989 is £31 million. We expect that, following adoption of the Community support frameworks for objective 2 programmes, commitments will be made during the first three months of 1990 in respect of projects whose processing during 1989 has been delayed by the negotiation of the frameworks.
It will not be possible to provide a reliable estimate of commitments for 1990 until discussions with the European Commission on future funding are complete.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest estimate available to him of the total level of commitments to eligible public bodies in Wales of grant aid from the European regional development fund in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerTotal European regional development fund commitments to eligible Welsh bodies in each of the past five years are shown in the following table:
£ million 1984 63.0 1985 54.9 1986 49.7 1987 57.8 1988 63.3