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Eu Funding

Volume 270: debated on Monday 29 January 1996

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much in (a) ecus and (b) pound sterling by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European social fund under the present structural funds agreement. [11661]

Information by standard region is not available except at disproportionate cost. Allocations are

European Social Fund Allocations 1994–99
1994 prices using an exchange rate of £1=1.2 ecu
199419951996199719981999Total
Mecu£ millionMecu£ millionMecu£ millionMecu£ millionMecu£ millionMecu£ millionMecu£ million
Objective 1
Northern Ireland494050425546584868577562355295
Merseyside463950425445584863526856339282
Highlands and Islands879798981081085546
Total103861099111899125104141117153126749623
Objective 21
North East England2420262127227763
East Midlands6576762017
West Midlands3025312633279478
North West England3126332735299982
West Cumbria22222266
West Scotland2017211722186352
East Scotland8887872422
South Wales1512161316144739
Yorkshire and Humberside2521262227237866
East London and Lea
Valley6565651—815
Thanet11111133
Plymouth22222266
Total170144179149186156535449
Objectives 3 and 4 Total24213515544625264383,3772,815
Objective 5b
South West England4354656565653327
Rural Wales4354656565653327
Dumfries and Galloway11111111111166
The Marches11111111212186
Northern Uplands2244325432322016
Lincolnshire11111111111166
East Anglia11111121211196
Borders of Scotland11111111111166
Central
Scotland/Tayside11111111111166
Grampian11111111111166
Total171521192219252124192419133112
Grand Total7115968637218527121501251651361771454,7943.999
1No indicative allocations available for Objective 2 beyond 1996.
2The total allocation shown for Objectives 3 and 4 is for six years but a plan for 1997–99 has yet to be agreed.