Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many jobs have been created in Ashfield constituency as a result of funding from the European Regional Development Fund since that fund's inception.

The number of jobs created as a result of funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is not available at a constituency level. The recent 2007-13 ERDF Programme is reported to have created 8861 jobs across the East Midlands region (covering the counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland) including 164 jobs in the district of Ashfield.

The source of ERDF funding is provided by the overall contributions made by each EU Member State. The United Kingdom currently makes a contribution to the EU, net of what it receives in return. The England European Regional Development Fund Programme for 2014-2020 has a total value of £2.8 billion. As part of this the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership was allocated circa £97 million of funding to deliver a range of projects and initiatives in the local area.