HC Deb 01 May 1995 vol 259 c14W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 7 December,Official Report, columns 257–59, if he will list those projects in privatised companies which have received European regional development funding since privatisation indicating (a) the level of funding and (b) the dates when it was received. [20579]

Mr. Page

The available information for England, Scotland and Wales up to 21 April 1995 has been placed in the Library of the House. Figures for Northern Ireland were included in the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Northern Ireland on 14 December 1994,Official Report, columns 692–94. All the grants concerned have been approved, for the general economic benefit of the areas concerned, in conformity with criteria on grants to privatised utilities drawn up by the European Commission.