§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much public funding has been spent from the(a) Objective 1, (b) Objective 2 and (c) Objective 3 programmes in Crosby, since the programmes' inception. [177866]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund in Merseyside. The Department for Work and Pensions hold a similar role for the European Social Fund. Merseyside does not receive Objective 2 or Objective 3 funding and information on levels of European funding at ward level is not held. However Objective 1 public funding is available in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, which includes Crosby, and the following table shows how much has been spent from the start of the current programme in 2000 to 14 June 2004. Final figures for domestic match funding only become available as projects complete. As the majority of projects are still under way the figures given for domestic public match funding are estimated using data from the Merseyside Objective 1 programme plan. In addition to the funding shown here it should be noted that almost 50 per cent. of the Objective 1 programme delivers pan-Merseyside projects, to which residents and businesses in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton also have access.
£ Fund European structural funds grant paid Estimated domestic public match funding European Regional Development Fund 6,557,069 12,854,600 European Social Fund 8,428,073 26,850,000 Totals 14,985,142 39,704,600