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Regional Development Agencies: Brussels

Volume 470: debated on Wednesday 23 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which regional development agencies have offices in Brussels; and how much they paid towards each of the offices in each of the last five years. (176358)

No RDAs have dedicated offices in Brussels. However, all RDAs make a contribution to European Regional Representation Offices, which are based in Brussels. These offices are run in partnership with other regional stakeholders such as local authorities, and other public and private sector organisations. Full details are given in the following table.

Contribution by RDAs towards the office (£000)

UK Regional Representational Offices in Brussels

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

West Midlands in Europe Brussels Office

200

391

445

377

378

East of England European Office

49

37

58

59

63

East Midlands European Office

50

58

197

209

315

London European Office1

0

100

50

50

50

North West Brussels Office

43

56

55

53

58

North East of England Brussels Office

51

53

56

93

63

South East of England Brussels Office

58

61

62

53

65

South West UK Brussels Office

188

192

197

172

178

Yorkshire2 Europe

0

0

0

60

340

1 Office was not set up in 2002-03.

2 Yorkshire Forward did not provide any funding before 2005-06.