To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the schemes approved for European funding in Scotland by (a) name, (b) region and (c) level of expenditure under (i) PESCA and (ii) Leader II. [11588]
Implementation of the UK PESCA programme and the Leader II programmes in Scotland is carried out at a local level as provided for in the approved programmes.For PESCA, the two Scottish sub-programmes are delivered by local partnerships responsible for implementing business plans approved by the Scottish Office. For Leader II, separate programmes are managed by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise through business plans prepared and implemented by local action groups. Individual projects are selected for support by these local groups, within the terms of the approved business plans.The tables detail the groups and the approved budgets for each plan.
| Table 1: PESCA (UK Programme) | ||
| Local PESCA Group | Value of Business Plan (1995–1999) | Approximate value in £'s |
| Objective 1 subprogramme (mecu) | ||
| Argyll | 0.676 | 571,342 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 0.860 | 726,856 |
| Lochaber | 0.189 | 159,739 |
| Orkney | 0.286 | 241,722 |
| Wester Ross | 0.218 | 184,250 |
| Shetland | 0.442 | 373,570 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 0.297 | 251,019 |
| Western Isles | 0.608 | 513,870 |
| Total | 3.576 | 3,022,368 |
| Regional projects | 0.387 | 327,082 |
| Management | 0.398 | 336,382 |
| Total | 4.361 | 3,685,836 |
| Non-objective 1 subprogramme (mecu) | ||
| Grampian | 8.149 | 6,887,383 |
| Tayside/Fife | 1.34 | 1,132,430 |
| South West Scotland | 1.34 | 1,132,430 |
| Borders | 1.34 | 1,132,430 |
| Total | 12.169 | 10,284,673 |
| Table 2: Leader II (two Scottish programmes) | ||
| Local action group | Value of business plan (1995 and 1996)1 | Approximate value in £'s |
| Objective 1 programme (mecu) | ||
| Argyll | 0.736268 | 622,280 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 0.153125 | 129,418 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 0.487500 | 412,026 |
| Inverness and Nairn | 0.177500 | 150,002 |
| Table 2: Leader II (two Scottish programmes) | ||
Local action group
| Value of business plan (1995 and 1996)1
| Approximate value in £'s
|
| Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey | 0.158125 | 133,644 |
| Western Isles and Skye | 1.052500 | 889,553 |
| Orkney | 0.350000 | 295,813 |
| Shetland | 0.404750 | 342,087 |
| Lochaber | 0.475000 | 401,146 |
| Total | 3.994768 | 3,375,969 |
1Figures have yet to be finalised for 1997–99. (Total value for five year programme is 11.962 mecu). | ||
Local action group
| Value of business plan (1995 and 1999)
| Approximate value in £'s
|
Objective 5B programme (mecu)
| ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2.771845 | 2,342,712 |
| North and West Grampian | 2.300047 | 1,943,957 |
| Rural Stirlingshire | 0.356348 | 301,179 |
| Scottish Borders | 1.769266 | 1,495,351 |
| Upland Tayside | 1.118042 | 944,948 |
| Total | 8.315548 | 7,028,146 |