§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the criteria for the selection of European centres of excellence as Jean Monnet projects. [59790]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available. The EC programme "Jean Monnet: European Integration in Universities" is implemented by the European Commission without direct involvement on the part of EU Member States; however, I advised that 23 per cent. of all Jean Monnet projects are UK led.