§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will outline the procedure required for lodging an application for European regional development grant.
§ Mr. LeighApplications for European regional development fund (ERDF) grants are made to the secretariat of the monitoring committee of the appropriate ERDF programme. The secretariats for programmes in the north-west are provided by the Department of the Environment's regional offices in Manchester and Liverpool.
§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the North-West region's share of European regional development grant in each year since the United Kingdom joined the EC.
§ Mr. LeighThe north-west's share of European regional development fund grants is shown in the table.
North West's per cent. share of England's ERDF Commitments North West's per cent. share of United Kingdom ERDF Commitments 1975 25.1 8.5 1976 23.7 11.6 1977 19.6 9.1 1978 44.9 19.8 1979 26.3 9.1 1980 23.0 12.6 1981 19.1 7.1 1982 24.3 11.1 1983 38.3 16.0 1984 28.9 15.5 1985 38.1 21.6 1986 24.9 13.8 1987 16.3 8.4 1988 20.5 9.4 11989 to 1991 26.7 12.5 21975 to 1991 26.4 12.7 1 Three year allocation from Community Support Framework. 2 There are no figures for 1973 and 1974 as the ERDF did not start until 1975.