HC Deb 25 January 1994 vol 236 cc151-2W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the the total budgets of the European Commission's educational mobility programmes of(a) ARION, (b) ERASMUS, (c) LINGUA, (d) the science plan, (e) SPES and (f) sectoral grants in each year since their establishment; and what proportion of each was granted to (i) the Northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Boswell

I have been asked to reply.

The science plan, SPES and sectoral grants are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 'The information requested on ARION, ERASMUS and LINGUA is as follows:

The ARION Programme started during the 1978–79 academic year. Complete records are only available from 1985–86. The table illustrates the number of bursaries awarded.
Year Total budget (value in ECU) Total number of grants Number of grants to United Kingdom Number of grants to Northern region2
1986–87 364,000 520 70 5
1987–88 364,000 520 70 6
1988–89 569,500 580 80 5
1989–90 1574,650 1600 80 4
1990–91 556,350 529 80 4
1991–92 587,800 651 95 7
1992–93 1807,050 1850 120 3
1Estimated figures.
2Northem region conforms to the Eurostat code R71 and consists of Cleveland, Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.

LINGUA Aggregate statistics by member state and region are not available in the form requested, but the United Kingdom share in 1992 of the budget directly administered by the Commission for Actions III and V was 20 per cent. The budget administered by the UK LINGUA Unit for Actions IA and IV was as follows:

(Ecus)
1991 1992 1993
Action IA—Measures to assist Modern Foreign Language teachers
EC Budget 5,600,000 7,000,002 7,700,001
United Kingdom Share 588,629 946,369 1,057,074
Northern Region n/a n/a n/a
Action IV—Exchange of young people
EC Budget 6,000,000 8,400,000 10,500,000
United Kingdom Share 783,838 1,230,426 1,562,070
Northern Region n/a n/a n/a
n/a=Not Available.
ERASMUS
Year Total ERASMUS budget12 Student mobility grant allocated to UK13 Student mobil-ity grant allocated to Northern 134 region
1987–88 11.2 n/a n/a
1988–89 30.0 2.1 0.05
1989–90 52.5 4.1 0.10
1990–91 60.6 5.1 0.22
1991–92 73.8 6.4 0.29
1992–93 97.2 8.5 0.34
1993–94 97.8 8.8 0.34

1 Amounts quoted are in million ecu.

2 Source: ERASMUS Bureau.

3 Source: United Kingdom ERASMUS Student Grants Council.

4 Northern region conforms to the Eurostat code R71 and consists of Clevland, Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.