§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year from EEC sources apart from payments under the three structural funds. [2483]
§ Sir John WheelerThe following amounts have been identified as being received in Northern Ireland from European Community sources other than the three structural funds since 1987–88 when meaningful figures first became available.
Financial year Total £million 1987–88 27.6 1988–89 27.8 1989–90 46.0 1990–91 48.0 1991–92 59.5 1992–93 56.1 1993–94 89.7 1994–95 114.7 These receipts are from the guarantee section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. However, it should be noted that the bulk of guarantee section receipts are disbursed centrally by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and details of payments are not generally maintained at regional level. Other small payments are made by the European Commission direct to recipients which are not passed through the United Kingdom Government.
§ Rev. Ian PaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been received by Northern Ireland under each of the European Community initiatives to date. [2481]
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§ Sir John WheelerUnder the 1989 to 1993 structural funds allocation, Northern Ireland had 11 approved Community initiatives. The amounts received to date under each initiative are:
Initiative £ million Interreg I (assistance to border areas) 26.90 Stride (research and technological development) 8.55 Envireg (environmental improvement) 11.23 Prisma (assistance to firms) 3.41 Telematique (promotion of telecommunications service) 3.36 Euroform (qualifications and new skills, and employment opportunities) 1.63 Now (employment opportunities for women) 0.84 Horizon (handicapped and certain disadvantaged groups) 1.18 Retex I (diversification for textile regions) 1.45 Leader I (rural development) 2.26 Konver I (restructuring of defence-dependent areas) 0.25 Under the 1994 to 1999 structural funds allocation, eight of the nine Community initiative programmes benefiting Northern Ireland have been approved. The amounts to date under each initiative are:
Initiative £ million Interreg II (Promoting cross border areas) 5.94 Smes (small firms) 2.55 Retex II (diversification for textile regions) 1.54 Employment (addressing exclusion and marginalisation in the labour markets) 0.49 Adapt (industrial change) 0.13 Urban (developing selected urban areas) 5.65 Pesca (development of fishing areas) — Leader II (rural development) 0.64