HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 c158W
Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision he will make in respect of grants from the European regional development fund in 1993–94.

Mr. Patten

The Minister for Industry's written answer of 30 June 1992 (Official Report, columns 525–26) announced details of the new arrangements for providing public expenditure cover for forecast ERDF receipts. I will make provision available during the year to offset wholly payments in respect of grants from the European regional development fund to be made in 1993–94 towards approved capital expenditure projects based at grant-aided educational institutions, and recurrent expenditure projects of an educational nature. This provision is currently estimated to be a maximum of £13 million.