§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what European funds have been received by his Department for (i) factory units, (ii) small businesses, (iii) promotion of tourism, (iv) training, (v) retraining and (vi) infrastructural and environmental improvements in run-down mining areas.
§ Mr. David HuntFor the period 1989–91, £88 million from the European structural funds was committed to the Clwyd and industrial south Wales integrated development operation programmes, which cover Welsh coalfield areas. The operational programmes allocate the funding as shown in the table:
1989–91 structural funds commitments to industrial south Wales and Clwyd IDOP areas ESF1 ERDF £ £ million £ million Industrial South Wales IDO Industrial infrastructure — 14.03 Communications — 13.31 Business development 9.87 2.61 Environment 0.84 4.17 Tourism 3.42 9.73 Research and development 3.30 4.46 Total 17.43 48.31 Clwyd IDO Productive Activities — 7.37 Communications — 3.19 Business development 1.49 0.60 Regional Image 0.13 3.38 Tourism 0.47 5.18 Technology 0.50 0.20 Total 2.59 19.92 1 European social fund. 2 European regional development fund.