HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 c59W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each year to date from the European regional development fund; how much has been devoted to(a) infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies, (b) infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and (c) industrial projects. [10813]

Sir John Wheeler

The information is as follows:

Infrastructure projects
£ million
Financial Year Non-central Government Central Government Industrial projects Programmes1 Total
1975–76 0.6 2.3 2.9
1976–77 0.6 2.8 3.8 7.2
1977–78 3.2 0.7 2.5 6.4
1978–79 2.4 0.8 0.8 4.0
1979–80 9.7 3.3 3.0 16.0
1980–81 9.7 1.3 10.0 21.0
1981–82 4.7 4.0 7.6 0.1 16.4
1982–83 3.8 11.3 2.5 0.4 18.0
1983–84 3.9 7.5 1.3 0.8 13.5
1984–85 5.1 7.5 3.0 1.3 16.9
1985–86 7.0 9.0 1.0 1.4 18.4
1986–87 10.3 6.8 3.8 2.3 23.2
1987–88 22.9 6.4 11.1 5.5 45.9
1988–89 18.9 7.0 15.2 5.6 46.7
1989–90 8.4 4.9 16.9 10.2 40.4
1990–91 6.9 4.3 4.9 31.5 47.6
1991–92 2.2 1.7 4.4 29.81 38.11
1992–93 3.8 0.5 5.7 69.21 79.21
1994–95 0.7 0.6 33.6 34.9
1995–96 0.0 0.2 64.05 64.25
1996–972 150.50 150.50
Totals3 125.8 80.1 101.5 507.88 815.28
1 These programmes combine elements of both industry and infrastructure. Under the new structural funds arrangements from 1989 emphasis was placed on programmes rather than individual projects and some of these so combine the industrial and infrastructural elements that they cannot be validly separated. The table therefore shows an extra column in respect of this class of ERDF receipt.
2 Includes estimated receipts to date for 1996–97 financial year.
3 European regional funds receipts to community initiative programmes benefiting Northern Ireland are included in answer number 14 of 13 January 1997.