Lord Bruce Doningtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state to the nearest £1,000,000 the allocation, in terms of commitments and payments respectively, of funds from the European Community Cohesion Fund for the years 1993 and 1994 to each recipient member state.
The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Earl Ferrers)The information requested is in the following table:
£ million 1993 1994 Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Republic of Ireland 111 53 130 67 Greece 219 116 257 122 Spain 671 329 789 328 Portugal 222 73 259 192 Source: European Commission