European Regional Development Fund

(asked on 12th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much European Regional Development Fund funding by English region has been committed to projects to date; and what proportion of the total allocation that funding represents.


Answered by
Jake Berry Portrait
Jake Berry
This question was answered on 17th October 2017

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014-2020 programme for England has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership areas (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020). The programme is valued at £2,830 million based on the current exchange rate.

Below is a breakdown of commitments by regional delivery team up to the end of June 2017.

Areas covered by ERDF Delivery Teams

Commitments to end of June 2017 (£m)

London

51

East of England and South East

79

East and West Midlands

288

North East and Yorkshire & the Humber

277

North West

248

South West

238

Total

1,181

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