§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the total amount of funding available to(a) South Yorkshire, (b) Merseyside and (c) Cornwall from each of the EU Structural Funds in the last year for which figures are available. [68942]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 3 February 1999]: EU Structural Funds allocations (including Community Initiatives) for 1998 to the current Objective 1, 2 and 5b areas of Yorkshire and the Humber, Merseyside and South West England are shown in the table. It is not possible to identify specific allocations to South Yorkshire and Cornwall since under Objectives 2 and 5b the Community allocations are made to the whole of the Structural Funds' programme areas.
Structural funds allocations for 1998 £ million, current prices ERDF ESF EAGGF Total SFS Yorkshire and the Humber Objective 2 80 25 0 106 Objective ¾1 — 28 — 28 Total2 80 53 0 134 Merseyside Objective 1 only 66 47 0 113 South West England Objective 5b 21 5 6 32 Objective ¾1 — 20 — 20 Total2 21 25 6 52 1 Estimated 2 Excluding Objective 5a, regional figures for which are not readily available.