§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what financial support the port of Liverpool and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. has received from(a) the European Community and (b) his Department in each financial year from 1990–91 to 1993–94;
(2) what financial support the port of Liverpool and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. is expected to receive from (a) the European Community and (b) his Department in 1994–95 and in subsequent years.
§ Mr. NorrisFinancial support from the European regional development fund—ERDF—to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Co.—MDHC—is set out in column 1 to the following table. The sums are those which MDHC are entitled to claim under MIDO1, MIDO2 and RENAVAL in each of the calendar years 1990 to 1995.
Financial support from the Department of Transport to the port of Liverpool is shown in column 2 in the table. The port was previously within the dock labour scheme and qualified, under the Dock Work (Compensation Payment Scheme) Regulations 1989, for contributions towards the costs of severances of former registered dock workers made redundant following abolition of the scheme. Column 2 shows the amounts paid in the calendar years 1990, 1991 and 1992 to MDHC and to the eight other employers in the port.
Year (1) (2) ERDF sums which MDHC are entitled to claim Dock labour severance payments made to (a) MDHC (b) Other Liverpool port employers 1990 140,522 3,447,500 2,625,000 1991 672,460 157,500 612,500 1992 1,238,521 500,000 200,000 1993 1,948,375 — — 1994 2,178,833 — — 1995 18,575 — —