§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those areas in Britain that currently benefit from(a) RESIDER, (b) RENAVAL and (c) RECHAR; how much money they receive from the European Community in regional aid; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeighThe qualifying areas for RESIDER and RENEVAL are as follows
RESIDER: The county of South Yorkshire and Scunthorpe travel-to-work area;RENAVAL: Plymouth travel-to-work area, the county of Tyne and Wear, and Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh districts of Cleveland, Wirral and Sefton districts of Merseyside, Kirkcaldy travel-to-work area and parts of Dunfermline and Alloa travel-to-work areas in Fife region, and Glasgow and Greenock travel-to-work areas in Strathclyde.The qualifying areas for RECHAR were listed in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C177 of 18 July 1990.The RESIDER programme and two of the RENAVAL programmes are already current; they provide for 54 mecu of European regional development fund grant up to the 455W end of 1993. The RECHAR programmes and the remaining RENAVAL programmes are expected to provide for approximately 130 mecu of ERDF grant over the same period.