HC Deb 04 December 1995 vol 268 cc99-101W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much receipts under the European social fund for Northern Ireland in each financial year to date were earned by(a) the private sector, (b) non-central Government public sector bodies, and (c) central Government. [2487]

Sir John Wheeler

The information is as follows:

£ million
Year (a)Private/Voluntary sector (b)Non-central Government public bodies (c)Central Government
1973–74 — — —
1974–75 0.41 0.31 2.68
1975–76 — — —
1976–77 0.77 0.58 5.05
1977–78 0.90 0.68 5.92
1978–79 1.80 1.35 11.85
1979–80 1.80 1.35 11.85
1980–81 2.76 2.07 18.17
1981–82 3.00 2.25 19.75
1982–83 4.22 3.17 27.81
1983–84 4.56 3.42 30.02
1984–85 4.56 3.42 30.02
1985–86 3.00 2.25 19.75
1986–87 6.39 4.80 42.11
1987–88 6.77 5.08 44.55
1988–89 4.33 3.25 28.52
1989–90 4.17 5.57 36.66
1900–91 4.57 6.08 40.05
1991–92 4.75 6.32 41.63
1992–93 3.77 5.03 33.10
1993–94 3.16 4.21 27.73
1994–95 6.36 8.47 55.77
72.05 69.66 532.99

Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year to date; how much each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland. [2484]

Sir John Wheeler

The following amounts were received from the European social fund:

Financial year Total £ million
1973–74 —
1974–75 3.4
1975–76 0.0
1976–77 6.4
1977–78 7.5
1978–79 15.0
1979–80 15.0
1980–81 23.0
1981–82 25.0
1982–83 35.2

Financial year Total £ million
1983–84 38.0
1984–85 38.0
1985–86 25.0
1986–87 53.3
1987–88 56.4
1988–89 36.1
1989–90 46.4
1990–91 50.7
1991–92 52.7
1992–93 41.9
1993–94 35.1
1994–95 70.6
Total 674.7

Receipts earned by the private sector and by non-central Government public sector bodies are paid to the claimant. The receipts represent cash additions to the

Recurrent financial allocations to Education and Library Boards
£1000
Financial year Belfast North Eastern South Eastern Southern Western Total
1988–89
Actual 47,959 55,284 44,927 54,083 47,841 250,094
Current prices 66,152 76,256 61,969 74,599 65,990 344,966
1989–90
Actual 53,017 62,309 51,246 60,528 53,914 281,014
Current prices 68,354 80,334 66,071 78,038 69,511 362,308
1990–91
Actual 58,888 70,036 59,590 68,820 61,371 318,705
Current prices 70,291 83,598 71,130 82,147 73,256 380,422
1991–92
Actual 141,136 169,298 144,105 167,182 146,637 768,358
Current prices 158,506 190,135 161,841 187,758 164,684 862,924
1992–93
Actual 156,957 189,915 159,702 185,858 161,017 853,449
Current prices 169,524 205,121 172,489 200,739 173,909 921,782
1993–94
Actual 161,214 195,910 166,957 193,438 170,183 887,702
Current prices 168,952 205,314 174,971 202,723 178,352 930,312

Note:

As from 1991–92, under the terms of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, the Education and Library Boards became responsible for teachers' and lecturers' salary costs.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources were made available to each of the education and library boards in connection with the amalgamation of further education colleges in 1993–94 and 1994–95. [2494]

Mr. Ancram

The information is as follows:

1993–94 £ 1994–95 £
North Eastern education and library board 52,000 258,000
Southern education and library board 17,000 89,000
South Eastern education and library board 17,000 93,000