§ Mr. CoxTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the regions of the United Kingdom that have received European regional development funding in each of the last three years; and what was the amount of the funding to each region.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe last programme period for the European regional development fund ran for five years,
ERDF Allocations 1989 to 1993 Objectives 1,2 and 5b £ million 1994 prices 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1989–93 Objective 1 Northern Ireland 53 63 64 95 93 369 Objective 2 North East England 35 44 41 59 60 240 East England 54 68 63 91 92 368 West Midlands 40 51 47 68 69 276 North West England 47 59 55 79 81 321 West Cumbria 2 2 2 3 3 13 West Scotland 46 59 54 79 80 318 East Scotland 15 19 18 25 26 103 South Wales 23 29 27 39 40 158 North East Wales 7 9 8 12 12 47 Total Objective 2 269 340 315 456 463 1,844 Objective 5b South West England 8 20 16 12 10 66 Rural Wales 11 29 24 17 15 95 Highlands and Islands 10 27 22 16 14 89 Dumfries and Galloway 1 3 3 2 2 11 Total Objective 5b 30 80 65 46 40 261 Miscellaneous — — — 4 6 10