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European Funding

Volume 270: debated on Monday 29 January 1996

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much in (a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total the United Kingdom received under the European LIFE programme and its predecessor programmes over the last available five years. [11650]

Information on the distribution of monies from the EC LIFE fund and its predecessors is available for the last four years only. This is set out, indicating the standard statistical region where the organisation running each project is based.received under the European SAVE programme and its predecessor programmes over the last available five years.[11664]

This information is not centrally available, as levels of funding for specific projects supported under the SAVE programme are a contractual matter between the European Commission and those carrying out each project.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much in (a) ecus and (b) pound sterling by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European SAVE programme under the current financial perspectives. [11665]

Payments from European Union expenditure programmes are not allocated to member states in the legislation supporting the programmes.