§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much subsidy has been given to Spain in each of the last three years from the European Community for employment; and what is the forecast of funding to Spain for each of the next three years. [24682]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is not available in the form requested. Amounts committed to Spain from the European social fund to part finance a variety of measures in the field of vocational training and employment in recent years are as follows:
Period Source Amount (Mecu) 1989–1993 Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5b 4,151.00 1991–1993 Community Initiatives 152.19 1994–1996 Objective 2 259.90 1994–1999 Objective 1, 3, 4 7,890.00 A commitment of 664 mecu has also been made to Spain for objective 5b across all the structural funds, but information on the proportion that will be committed to ESF activities is not held. Information on community initiatives over the period from 1994 is not yet available.