§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the schemes approved for European funding in Scotland by(a) name, (b) region and (c) level of expenditure under (i) PESCA and (ii) Leader II. [11588]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythImplementation of the UK PESCA programme and the Leader II programmes in Scotland is carried out at a local level as provided for in the approved programmes.
For PESCA, the two Scottish sub-programmes are delivered by local partnerships responsible for implementing business plans approved by the Scottish Office. For Leader II, separate programmes are managed by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise through business plans prepared and implemented by local action groups. Individual projects are selected for support by these local groups, within the terms of the approved business plans.
The tables detail the groups and the approved budgets for each plan.
Table 1: PESCA (UK Programme) Local PESCA Group Value of Business Plan (1995–1999) Approximate value in £'s Objective 1 subprogramme (mecu) Argyll 0.676 571,342 Caithness and Sutherland 0.860 726,856 Lochaber 0.189 159,739 Orkney 0.286 241,722 Wester Ross 0.218 184,250 Shetland 0.442 373,570 Skye and Lochalsh 0.297 251,019 Western Isles 0.608 513,870 Total 3.576 3,022,368 Regional projects 0.387 327,082 Management 0.398 336,382 Total 4.361 3,685,836 Non-objective 1 subprogramme (mecu) Grampian 8.149 6,887,383 Tayside/Fife 1.34 1,132,430 South West Scotland 1.34 1,132,430 Borders 1.34 1,132,430 Total 12.169 10,284,673
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Table 2: Leader II (two Scottish programmes) Local action group Value of business plan (1995 and 1996)1 Approximate value in £'s Objective 1 programme (mecu) Argyll 0.736268 622,280 Caithness and Sutherland 0.153125 129,418 Ross and Cromarty 0.487500 412,026 Inverness and Nairn 0.177500 150,002
Table 2: Leader II (two Scottish programmes) Local action group Value of business plan (1995 and 1996)1 Approximate value in £'s Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey 0.158125 133,644 Western Isles and Skye 1.052500 889,553 Orkney 0.350000 295,813 Shetland 0.404750 342,087 Lochaber 0.475000 401,146 Total 3.994768 3,375,969 1Figures have yet to be finalised for 1997–99. (Total value for five year programme is 11.962 mecu).
Local action group Value of business plan (1995 and 1999) Approximate value in £'s Objective 5B programme (mecu) Dumfries and Galloway 2.771845 2,342,712 North and West Grampian 2.300047 1,943,957 Rural Stirlingshire 0.356348 301,179 Scottish Borders 1.769266 1,495,351 Upland Tayside 1.118042 944,948 Total 8.315548 7,028,146