EU Grants and Loans: Falkland Islands
(asked on 3rd March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much EU funding the Falkland Islands has received in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 13th March 2017
The Falkland Islands has received funding from the European Commission's voluntary scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European overseas (BEST) Programme and the European Development Fund (EDF).
According to the Falkland Islands Government, over the last 5 years, they have received €491,032 of BEST payments and the following EDF payments:
- 2012: €0
- 2013: €0
- 2014: €1,030,000
- 2015: €925,000
- 2016: €950,000