§ Ms KellyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many British employees she estimates are currently working for British companies abroad under contracts signed in the United Kingdom; and how many complaints were received by her Department from such employees about working conditions in the last year for which figures are available. [45474]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyMy Department collects no information on this subject and receives few complaints from British workers overseas.
UK structural funds allocations (including community initiatives) million ecu, 1996 prices 1989–1993 1994–99 ERDF ESF EAGGF Total ERDF ESF EAGGF FIFG Total Objective 1 Northern Ireland 522 405 174 1,101 896 468 247 20 1,631 Highlands and Islands 0 0 0 0 193 59 60 21 334 Merseyside 0 0 0 0 503 358 3 0 864 Total objective 1 522 405 174 1,101 1,621 909 299 0 2,829 Objective 5b South West England 94 21 0 115 168 38 47 0 253 The Marches 0 0 0 0 26 10 8 0 43 Midlands Uplands 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 0 13 Northern Uplands 0 0 0 0 71 22 25 0 118 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 39 9 10 0 57 East Anglia 0 0 0 0 50 11 13 0 74 Rural Wales 137 21 1 159 131 38 41 0 210 Highlands and Islands 128 22 34 184 — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway 15 2 0 17 41 8 7 0 57 Borders of Scotland 0 0 0 0 21 6 4 0 31 Central Scotland/Tayside 0 0 0 0 18 5 3 0 26 Grampian 0 0 0 0 29 6 5 0 40 Total objective 5b 375 65 35 475 602 155 165 0 922 Note:
The current £/ecu exchange rate is £1 = 1.48 ecu. Over the period 1989 to June 1998 the £/ecu exchange rate has averaged £1 = 1.36 ecu.