HC Deb 20 December 1991 vol 201 c359W
Mr. Barry Jones

To 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 Hunt

For 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.

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