§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the amount of Objective One monies spent in Wirral, South in the last 12 months. [103176]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold information on levels of European funding at constituency level. However the Wirral, South constituency will benefit from £13.5 million European funding to the Wirral local authority area since 1 March 2002. The individual projects are listed in the following tables. As the Objective One programme is Merseyside-wide in scope, a further substantial amount of programme-funded activity will be delivered by organisations that have a pan-Merseyside remit.
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European Regional Development fund (ERDF)—(Wirral Local Authority Area) Committed since 1 March 2002 Project ERDF Merseyside Business Environment Network (Merben) 1,037,500 Lairdside Laser Engineering Centre 600,456 Twelve Quays Campus 992,000 Wirral Waterfront Core Management Services 1,006,008 International Astronomy and Space Centre 3,654,181 Europa House, Europa Boulevard, Birkenhead 764,986 Birkenhead Park Restoration Plan 2,000,000 Barnardos Town Lane Community Centre 50,107 Step Ahead Wirral 33,250 10,138,488
European Social Fund (ESF)—(Wirral Local Authority Area) Committed since 1 March 2002 £ Project ESF Employment Intermediary 92,900 Special Schools Consortium 59,026 Day Programme 2002 55,659 Fresh Start 160,191 Work Experience 2002 45,033 Next Step 2002 40,763 ICT for excluded in Birkenhead 70,681 The Aftercare Project 73,915 Worklink 431,042 Basil Hulme NLC 38,500 PHOENIX 129,290 ILM-Accessing Employment 435,350 Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs 45,000 Pathways Employability Skills 2002 77,801 First Steps 27,410 Employing the Long term unemployed (LTU)— Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) Support 197,600 A Pathway into Employment 2002 181,200 Employability Project 55,428 Community Transport & Care Training 52,160 Pathways Outreach 2002 111,328 Family Learning Move On Project 150,692 7 Waves Radio 75,599 Referral Order 86,571 Move On Project 316,674 Step Ahead Wirral 252,825 Beneficiaries Survey 49,922 3,312,560
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will make a statement on the amount of Objective One money spent in each Merseyside constituency; [103927]
(2) of (a) first and (b) second tranche Objective One moneys spent in Wirral, South as a percentage of the whole. [103794]
§ Mr. RaynsfordBecause the Programme is Regional in scope, a substantial amount of Programme-funded activity will be delivered by organisations that have a pan-Merseyside remit. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister cannot therefore calculate spending in constituencies.