EC Structural Funds

HC Deb 27 July 1993 vol 229 cc947-8W

Sir John Hannam

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what will be the financial allocations for the three United Kingdom regions designated for objective 1 of the EC structural funds.

United Kingdom Exports of Fur Pelts
	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Mink
Raw
number	3,183,931	3,067,732	454,688	314,089	359,866
£'000	48,259	37,718	6,088	4,117	3,343
Treated
number	10,152	4,474	54,653	17,073	9,136
£'000	1,668	1,396	2,093	2,301	1,728
Total
number	3,194,083	3,072,206	509,341	331,162	369,002
£'000	49,927	39,114	8,181	6,418	5,071
Fox
Raw
number	982,246	366,651	48,208	30,763	70,922
£'000	17,551	6,334	684	548	1,465
Treated
number	4,266	46,169	522	111	3,954
£'000	168	1,151	15	5	37
Total
number	986,512	412,820	48,730	30,874	74,876
£'000	17,719	7,485	699	553	1,502

Mr. Milburn

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many retail businesses were involved in the fur trade; and how many employees they had for each of the past five years.

Mr. Sainsbury

The number of retail businesses classified as furriers is as follows:

Mr. Sainsbury

During the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 20 July, it was agreed that the objective 1 financial allocation for the United Kingdom for the period 1994–99 should be 2,430 million ecu at 1992 prices. The Government have decided to distribute this allocation as follows: Northern Ireland 1,270 mecu, Merseyside 840 mecu and the Scottish Highlands and Islands 320. mecu.