WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4090/97 by Peter TRUSCOTT to the Commission. Funding for Hertfordshire under the Fourth Framework Programme and from various Socrates education funds in 1994-1997
C 223/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 7. 98 (98/C 223/62) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4090/97 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (16 January 1998) Subject: Funding for Hertfordshire under the Fourth Framework Programme and from various Socrates education funds in 1994-1997 Would the Commission please inform me of the amount of funding Hertfordshire has received under the Fourth Framework Programme and from various Socrates Education Funds during the years 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (11 March 1998) Hertfordshire received the funding shown below between 1994 and 1997 under the Fourth Framework Programme (FP) of Research and Technological Development (RTD). The figures are for all types of action, including shared-cost actions, concerted actions and accompanying measures (specific measures being included in other types of action). Fourth Framework Programme Financial contributions Source: All Research DGs. 1994 0 1995 3. 4 1996 9. 2 1997 7. 5 (MECU) Total 20. 2 However, it should be noted that the actual funding given only to a very small extent reflects the benefits that are gained by research groups in any one region by taking part in Community programmes. Between 1994 and 1997, a total of ECU 977 048 was received by beneficiaries (institutions and individuals) in Hertfordshire as part of the various activities in the Socrates programme, from 1995, and earlier educational programmes, in particular Erasmus, before 1995. (98/C 223/63) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4092/97 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (16 January 1998) Subject: Funding for Hertfordshire in 1994-1997 for trans-European networks Would the Commission please inform me of the amount of funding Hertfordshire has received for trans-European Networks in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (26 February 1998) Community funding under the trans-European networks (TENs) framework is allocated to specific projets rather than to regions. Community funding under the TENs framework was not available until 1995, when Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks (1) was adopted. To be eligible for TENs funding, projects must be on one of the road or rail routes or at one of the transport hubs designated as forming part of the transport TEN laid down in Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the