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Mr. Hain: 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]

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

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set out in the following table. The table shows the amounts of European social fund allocated to the United Kingdom in the years 1994-1999. There are as yet no indicative allocations for objective 2 of the European structural fund in 1997-1999. It will be for the European Commission to decide later this year the share of each eligible member state and for the Government to determine the share between the eligible areas of Great Britain.

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European Social Fund Allocations 1994-99
1994 prices using an exchange rate of £1=1.2 ecu

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
Mecu£millionMecu£millionMecu£millionMecu£millionMecu£millionMecu£millionMecu£million
Objective 1
Northern Ireland494050425546584868577562355295
Merseyside463950425445584863526856339282
Highlands and Islands879798981081085546
Total103861099111899125104141117153126749623
Objective 2(32)
North East England242026212722------------7763
East Midlands657676------------2017
West Midlands302531263327------------9478
North West England312633273529------------9982
West Cumbria222222------------66
West Scotland201721172218------------6352
East Scotland888787------------2422
South Wales151216131614------------4739
Yorkshire and Humberside252126222723------------7866
East London and Lea Valley656565------------1815
Thanet111111------------33
Plymouth222222------------66
Total170144179149186156------------535449
Objectives 3 and 4 Total(33)421351554462526438------------3,3772,815
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

(32) No indicative allocations available for Objective 2 beyond 1996.

(33) The total allocation shown for Objectives 3 and 4 is for six years but a plan for 1997-99 has yet to be agreed.


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Employment Service (Coventry)

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) when the bonus payments paid to Employment Service staff in Coventry began; when the staff of the Coventry Employment Service were notified of the payment of bonuses; and what the conditions of such payments were; [11837]

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Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Mike Fogden to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 29 January 1996:


Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she has requested the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service to report into the dispute involving the Employment Service. [11840]

Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

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Letter from Mike Fogden to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 29 January 1996:



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