§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps he intends to take to reimburse qualifying local authorities for expenditure incurred during the last financial year on the assumption of receiving RECHAR moneys.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 22 May 1992]: In accordance with article 15(2) of Council regulation (EEC) No. 4253/88, expenditure may be considered eligible for structural funds assistance under the United Kingdom's RECHAR programmes if incurred after the date on which 502W the programme applications reached the European Commission—26 July 1990. Priorities for the allocation of RECHAR grant money will be considered by the programme monitoring committees.