HC Deb 04 July 1996 vol 280 cc509-10W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amount due to be paid to training providers in respect of training provided in 1994 and financed by the European social fund will not be paid as a result of exchange rate fluctuations; and if she will list the 50 organisations which have had the largest reductions and the amounts in each case. [35455]

Mr. Forth

It is not yet known whether any money due to be paid to training providers in respect of 1994 projects financed by the European social fund will not be paid as a result of exchange rate fluctuations. Training providers have been paid 95 per cent. of the total European social fund money to which they were entitled in their agreed final claim. Revised final claims have been submitted to the Commission for each European social fund programme. It is hoped to pay the remaining 5 per cent. to all applicants, but the precise amount will depend on the exchange rate on the day the money is received from the European Commission. The 50 organisations for whom the largest reductions were made and the amounts concerned are as follows:

Organisation name Amount reduced (£)
Department for Education and Employment 8,952,962
Scottish Enterprise 1,274,315
Welsh Office 707,933
Employment Service 566,933
Government office for Merseyside 560,157
Government office for the west midlands 422,454
Strathclyde regional council 416,682
Government office for Yorkshire and Humberside 265,955
City of Liverpool community college 164,780
Government office for the north-east 159,330
British Coal Enterprise Ltd. 129,490
Wirral metropolitan college 122,483
Gwent tertiary college 106,463
Highlands and Islands Enterprise 103,140
Government office for the east midlands 98,954
Cardiff institute of higher education 92,065
Scottish office for mental health 90,161
University college Salford 85,543
The Sheffield college 80,699
Knowsley community college 74,723
Newcastle college 69,331
NRITEA 64,125

Organisation name Amount reduced (£)
Government office for the south-west 64,118
The Wise Group 63,594
The British Refugee Council 62,282
University of Aberdeen 59,958
Bilston community college 57,663
City college Manchester 54,382
Pontypridd college 53,920
Government office for London 53,783
The college of north-west London 51,295
University of Leicester 50,849
Leeds city council 50,366
Cleveland county council 49,737
Sutton Coldfield college 48,731
Hugh Baird college 47,940
Southport college 46,188
Fife college 44,835
Birmingham college of FT and creative studies 42,725
Wakefield college 39,625
Manchester college of arts and technology 38,486
Community Service Volunteers 38,207
Blackburn college 37,776
ATB-Landbase 36,765
Wearside college 36,628
University of Dundee 35,890
Tameside college technology 35,840
University of Wales, Bangor 35,773
South Birmingham college 35,729
Swansea institute of higher education 35,598

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