HC Deb 11 January 1996 vol 269 c294W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the amounts of money paid or committed in respect of projects in each of the member states of the European Union under the Interreg programme for each available year since its inception. [7038]

Mr. Oppenheim

[holding answer 20 December 1995]: I have information about amounts of money committed in respect of projects only in the UK. Interreg grants so committed have been as follows:

  • 1991: £3.7 million
  • 1992: £8.2 million
  • 1993: £17.3 million
  • 1994: £6.7 million
  • 1995: £1.5 million

Total allocations of Interreg II A grants for 1994–99 are as follows:

Ecu million
UK 109.4
France 246
Germany 402.2
Italy 347.4
Spain 564.7
Netherlands 69.1
Belgium 82
Luxembourg 3.5
Republic of Ireland 133.5
Denmark 17.7
Portugal 339.7
Greece 595
Sweden 39.5
Finland 43.7
Austria 42.7

For Interreg I, the amounts are not available to me.