§ Lord Inglewoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the next funding round of the European Structural Funds (Objective 2 and 3), what effort they are making to ensure greater participation in projects from the private sector. [HL2583]
§ The Minister for Science, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)The private sector has a major part to play in the new Structural Funding round. All government departments are renewing their efforts to ensure that there is greater private sector involvement. Publicity in the regions will be aimed at encouraging private sector involvement in the new programmes. The Government have encouraged programme partners to include private sector funding as a substantial part of programmes.