§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been received by(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole under each of the approved European Community initiatives to date; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 16 December 1992]: Three Community initiatives operate in Scotland with specific allocations for the period 1990–93. These are:
Total Allocation Scotland Total Allocation Strathclyde mecu £million mecu £million Renaval 24.43 19.86 21.04 17.11 Rechar 20.02 16.28 4.00 3.26 Leader 7.21 5.86 1.39 1.13 In addition, Scotland benefits from allocations to Great Britain programmes under other Community initiatives. The details of the amounts committed to successful Scottish projects are:
Scotland £ Strathclyde £ Stride 1,493,103 1n/a Now 999,411 142,336 Horizon 3,178,742 992,772 Euroform 2,794,124 383,875 1Beneficiaries are spread throughout the Objective 2 areas in Scotland. A separate figure for Strathclyde is not available. For 1993, objective 2 and 5b areas in Scotland will be able to bid for a Great Britain programme under the RETEX Community initiative. As yet, no allocations under RETEX have been made.
Note: The authentic figures for allocations are those expressed in ecu. Equivalents expressed at the current exchange rate of £1 = 1.23 ecu are for illustrative purposes only. For most initiatives part of the allocation has already been received from the Commission at a previous exchange rate. The final sterling sums available to the programmes will depend on the exchange rates at the time the various payments are received.