§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by each objective and by each other Community initiative, including Rechar and Interreg, the value of assistance received under the European social fund both nationally and for each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year since 1989. [31360]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 29 June 1995]: European social fund allocations to the United Kingdom for the period 1989 to 1994 are given in the following table. Figures on individual Community initiatives by standard region are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Included in the figures for 1994 are those community initiatives which have so far been approved by the Commission, with the exception of EMPLOYMENT and ADAPT for which no expenditure will be recorded for 1994.
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European social fund allocations to the United Kingdom (including Community initiatives) £ million, 1994 prices 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 North West England 24 36 36 44 44 25 Scotland 12 17 17 21 21 22 Wales 8 11 11 15 15 12 Total objective 2 77 112 112 140 140 133 Objective 5B North of England3 0 0 0 0 0 1 East Midlands4 0 0 0 0 0 1 East Anglia 0 0 0 0 0 1 South West 5 2 2 2 2 3 West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scotland 5 3 3 2 2 2 Wales 5 2 2 2 2 3 Total objective 5B 16 7 7 6 6 13 Total objective 3/4 354 255 262 309 457 389 Total United Kingdom 503 429 434 515 665 616 1The figures shown for 1994 include allocations from the following Community initiatives only: Interreg (Northern Ireland) Leader (Northern Ireland, Highlands and Islands and Wales) Urban (Northern Ireland) SMEs (Northern Ireland) Allocations for all other Community initiatives are not yet decided. 2 The 1989–93 allocations are included with those for Yorkshire and Humberside. 3The Northern uplands SPD also covers parts of Yorkshire and Humberside and north-west England. 4The Midlands uplands SPD also covers parts of the west midlands.