European Social Fund (Hansard, 29 April 1994)

HC Deb 29 April 1994 vol 242 c374W 374W

§ Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 14 April,Official Report, column 288, what has been the earliest date in each of the past five years on which any voluntary organisations have been told whether they have had funding for European social fund projects starting on 1 January of that year.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
The earliest date on which any voluntary sector project received notification that it had approval for ESF funding is shown was:

in 1990–December 1990;

in 1991–10 May 1991;

in 1992–13 January 1992;

in 1993–19 January 1993.

These figures relate to projects approved in the period 1990–93 under objectives 3 and 4. Before 1990, the European Commission considered projects for approval and the data are not held.