§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the amounts of money received under European Union programmes(a) within the Doncaster Borough and (b) within Dearne Valley for each year since 1979 to the most recent available date. [98025]
§ Mr. ByersIt is not possible to provide information on European Regional Development Fund projects approved before 1990 as this information is not available at District level.
The table shows the ERDF approved each year in Doncaster, Dearne Valley and the South Yorkshire sub-region.
Year Doncaster Dearne Valley Sub Regional 1990 0 0 0 1991 10,397,521 1,062,191 0 1992 2,344,488 2,957,824 1,270,389 1993 10,433,021 8,539,721 493,457 1995 5,615,664 3,868,484 710,821 1996 5,895,210 10,442,316 3,628,936 1997 17,500 815,614 723,999 1998 1,118,982 4,105,532 11,987,140 1999 3,544,027 5,159,080 5,477,372 Total 39,366,413 36,950,762 24,292,114 The Objective 2 Programme for ERDF funding was not signed until February 1994 and consequently there was no spend in that year.
It is not possible to provide information on European Social Fund projects from 1990–97 as this information is not available at district level. Records prior to 1989 are held at the EC in Brussels.
European Social Fund (ESF) figures are as follows for 1998–99:
- The Doncaster area received £11.42 million in ESF grants.
- Dearne Valley received £8.856 million in ESF grants.