Written question asked by Paddy Tipping (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2002. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Monday, 15 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much modulated match funds have been allocated to each devolved administration within the UK to fund the Rural Development Plan each year since the programme commenced. - Inc figures.

Answer: Paddy Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much modulated match funds have been allocated to each devolved Administration within the UK to fund the Rural Development Plan each year since the programme commenced. [69571] Alun Michael: Budgets have been provided to the devolved Administrations to allow for the spending of modulation receipts to be match funded, with the match funding occurring at the point that the modulated funds are spent. In 2001, the first year of modulation, the level of match funding was £3.3 million in England, £323,000 in Scotland and £53,000 in Northern Ireland. There were no modulation funded payments in Wales in 2001 and hence no match funding.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 389 c39W; 69571
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Agriculture Finance EU grants and loans Rural areas Rural development plans
Contains statistics: Yes
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