§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much in(a) ecus and (b) pound sterling by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European social fund under the present structural funds agreement. [11661]
§ Mr. ForthInformation by standard region is not available except at disproportionate cost. Allocations are
European Social Fund Allocations 1994–99 1994 prices using an exchange rate of £1=1.2 ecu 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Mecu £ million Objective 1 Northern Ireland 49 40 50 42 55 46 58 48 68 57 75 62 355 295 Merseyside 46 39 50 42 54 45 58 48 63 52 68 56 339 282 Highlands and Islands 8 7 9 7 9 8 9 8 10 8 10 8 55 46 Total 103 86 109 91 118 99 125 104 141 117 153 126 749 623 Objective 21 North East England 24 20 26 21 27 22 — — — — — — 77 63 East Midlands 6 5 7 6 7 6 — — — — — — 20 17 West Midlands 30 25 31 26 33 27 — — — — — — 94 78 North West England 31 26 33 27 35 29 — — — — — — 99 82 West Cumbria 2 2 2 2 2 2 — — — — — — 6 6 West Scotland 20 17 21 17 22 18 — — — — — — 63 52 East Scotland 8 8 8 7 8 7 — — — — — — 24 22 South Wales 15 12 16 13 16 14 — — — — — — 47 39 Yorkshire and Humberside 25 21 26 22 27 23 — — — — — — 78 66 East London and Lea Valley 6 5 6 5 6 5 — — — — — 1— 8 15 Thanet 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — 3 3 Plymouth 2 2 2 2 2 2 — — — — — — 6 6 Total 170 144 179 149 186 156 — — — — — — 535 449 Objectives 3 and 4 Total2 421 351 554 462 526 438 — — — — — — 3,377 2,815 Objective 5b South West England 4 3 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 33 27 Rural Wales 4 3 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 33 27 Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 The Marches 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 6 Northern Uplands 2 2 4 4 3 2 5 4 3 2 3 2 20 16 Lincolnshire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 East Anglia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 9 6 Borders of Scotland 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 Central Scotland/Tayside 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 Grampian 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 Total 17 15 21 19 22 19 25 21 24 19 24 19 133 112 Grand Total 711 596 863 721 852 712 150 125 165 136 177 145 4,794 3.999 1No indicative allocations available for Objective 2 beyond 1996. 2The total allocation shown for Objectives 3 and 4 is for six years but a plan for 1997–99 has yet to be agreed.