HC Deb 21 December 2000 vol 360 c312W
Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many projects submitted under the Merseyside Objective 1 2000 to 2006 Programme have been passed to the relevant section of DTI for clearance under European Commission state aid rules. [143848]

Ms Beverley Hughes

Thirty-three such projects have been referred to the Department of Trade and Industry for an opinion.