§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out the rules and guidelines governing applications under the PERIFRA defence industry conversion programme; whether local authorities and training and enterprise councils may apply; and what is the number and regional distribution of applications so far received.
§ Mr. SainsburyIn a letter dated 25 March 1992, the European Commission set out the conditions for grants under the PERIFRA programme, and invited Governments to send applications. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library.
The closing date for applications was subsequently extended to 5 June 1992. Over 25 applications were 209W received from all parts of the United Kingdom, of which 12 have been forwarded to the Commission. We await its decision as to the projects to be awarded grant.