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Mr. Tony Lloyd
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has on the percentage of European Regional Development Fund moneys going to the different standard regions in the previous five years for which information is available; and if he will give similar projections for such future periods for which figures are available.
Mr. Atkins
The table sets out the percentage distribution of European regional development fund commitments during the period 1983 to 1987:
| Region | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 11987 |
| North | 12·5 | 10·5 | 7·3 | 11·3 | 14·2 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 5·9 | 13·9 | 6·2 | 11·6 | 7·6 |
| East Midlands | 1·6 | 1·2 | 5·2 | 0·6 | 0·6 |
| South West | 4·3 | 7·7 | 3·0 | 6·5 | 7·0 |
| West Midlands | 1·5 | 4·8 | 13·4 | 11·7 | 16·4 |
| North West | 16·1 | 15·5 | 21·6 | 13·8 | 9·2 |
| Wales | 18·0 | 15·5 | 16·5 | 13·1 | 13·6 |
| Scotland | 31·7 | 25·0 | 20·1 | 15·8 | 20·9 |
| Northern Ireland | 8·4 | 5·6 | 6·7 | 11·8 | 9·8 |
| Multi-regional | — | — | — | 3·8 | 0·7 |
| TOTAL | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| 1 Provisional. | |||||