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Mr. Peter Atkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the level of Objective 5b funding in the less-favoured areas of the North of England in (i) 1993, (ii) 1994, (iii) 1995 and (iv) 1996. [17310]
Angela Eagle
European Funds under Objective 5b became available for the Northern Uplands from 1 January 1994. However they must be supplemented by other funds from the public and private sectors. The full amount of the funding available is as follows:
| £ million | |||
| European structural funds | Public/private sectors | Total | |
| 1993 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 21.2 |
| 1995 | 11.5 | 16.4 | 27.9 |
| 1996 | 13.1 | 18.8 | 31.9 |