Dear Mr. Gray,

Thank you for your request for information disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, in which you requested a copy of the spreadsheet containing all beneficiaries of funding from the EU Cohesion Programme.

I acknowledge receipt of your request received 7th May 2009 and advise that I am dealing with it in accordance with the Act. Please quote the above reference on all future correspondence regarding your request.

Yours sincerely

Rachel Mason

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Dear Mr. Gray,

I write in response to your request for information disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, in which you requested the following
information regarding the beneficiaries of funding from the EU Cohesion
Programme.

I confirm that Yorkshire Forward holds information similar to that which
you request. Please find attached an Excel spreadsheet which shows the
name of the beneficiary organisation, the name of the operation (project),
the Programme priority that the investment has been made under, the amount
of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) committed in the contract,
the amount of ERDF paid to date, the amount of other public financing in
the contract, a start and finish date and the project's status.

It is worth mentioning that the EU Cohesion Policy is made up of the
'Cohesion Fund' and the `Structural Fund'. The UK is not eligible to
receive money from the `Cohesion Fund'. The attached information relates
to the `Structural Fund'. The information provided is updated regularly,
generally on a monthly basis and can be downloaded from the Yorkshire
Forward website. Go to [1]www.yorkshire-forward.com/erdf and follow the
links to Programme Progress, then Funded Projects where you will find a
link to an alphabetical list of beneficiaries.

I trust this information is of helpful to you.

As this request has been logged as a request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act, Yorkshire Forward is obliged to offer you the
right to complain. If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled
your request, or if you are unhappy with our response, you can appeal via
our Complaints Procedure, a copy of which is attached. The Yorkshire
Forward Directorate that has been dealing with your request is Finance. If
you are still dissatisfied after pursuing our Complaints Procedure,
then you may wish to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone: 01625 545700, fax: 01625 524510 or email
[2][email address] The Information Commissioner's website is:
[3]www.ico.gov.uk

Kind Regards
Rachel

Rachel Mason
Corporate Information Officer
Yorkshire Forward
Victoria House
2 Victoria Place
Leeds, LS11 5AE
Direct Line: 0113 3949677

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