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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
European Social Fund: Worcestershire (28 February 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much European Social Fund money has been spent in Worcestershire in each of the last five financial years.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

Answer

The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the England 2014-2020 European Social Fund (ESF) Programme. The amount of ESF Programme funding paid to ESF projects in the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership area in the past 5 financial years is provided below. This relates to the payment of claims submitted quarterly by projects operating in the LEP area, for expenditure incurred. Claims are paid in arrears and therefore the data may include expenditure which was incurred by projects in previous financial years.

Financial Year

ESF payments to ESF projects in Worcestershire LEP area (by date paid)

2017/18

£ 513,088.59

2018/19

£ 2,634,140.85

2019/20

£ 2,019,650.43

2020/21

£ 3,306,512.91

2021/22 (up to 01/03/2022)

£ 1,857,378.87

Total

£ 10,330,771.65


Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
8 March 2022

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