§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent assessment she has made of the estimate of the draw down of European structural funds. [60341]
£million Area Committed grant Committed grant as percentage of total allocation Grant paid Grant paid as percentage of total allocation Objective 1 South Yorkshire 226.35 31.92 59.05 8.33 Merseyside 184.5 21.86 93.8 11.11 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 96.3 30.95 26.09 8.39 West Wales and the Valleys 320.2 28.1 89.0 7.8 Objective 2 North-east 8.02 1.8 0.22 0.05 North-west 212.82 42.1 0.55 0.11 Yorkshire and Humberside 63.24 19.5 2.66 0.82 East England 3.29 3.4 0 0 East Midlands 20.69 8.8 0.54 0.23 West Midlands 30.82 5.8 0.04 0.01 London 33.24 20.5 1.90 1.17 South-east 7.33 32.8 0 0 South-west 19.22 16.2 2.24 1.89 East Wales1,2 1.70 3.4 0.19 0.38 East of Scotland 50.31 32.9 5.67 3.71 South of Scotland 218.83 42.0 32.54 5.66 Western Scotland 42.13 14.3 1.95 0.66 1The East Wales figures apply solely to the objective 2 programme and do not include figures from the associated transitional objective 2 and 5b programme. 2As at 31 March 2002 3To 31 December 2001