HC Deb 11 April 2000 vol 348 c84W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the complete sites for car manufacturing at(a) Longbridge, (b) Dagenham and (c) Cowley are covered by the EU Objective 2 map. [118085]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 7 April 2000]: Most of the Longbridge site and all of the Dagenham site are included in the new Objective 2 European Structural Fund map. The Cowley site is not included in the map.

Miss Kirkbride

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reason Worcestershire has not been given Objective 2 status. [118699]

Mr. Caborn

Worcestershire did not meet the criteria set out in "The UK Government's proposals for new Objective 2 funding" (URN99/1021). Consequently only a few wards in the county have been included in the Objective 2 map. Those wards were included to make up contiguous areas of sufficient size, as required by the European Commission.