Money received by companies/authorities in Dorset
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
How much money in total has been awarded to companies/authorities in Dorset, United Kingdom, from Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME funds?
I would like the total amount over the past 5 years (from January 2011 - May 2016).
Yours faithfully,
Sam Holder
Dear Mr Holder,
Thanks for your request. Since it is not a request for access to
documents, but a request for information, please note that it will not be
registered in our database nor handled under Regulation 1049/2001 on
public access to documents.
Your request for information has been attributed to the competent Unit in
our Directorate-General who will reply to your within 15 working days
according to the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour.
Kind regards,
The access to documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5
Dear Mr Holder,
Further to the email below from my colleagues dealing with access to
documents, your request has been forwarded to my unit.
In the context of our financial instruments for SMEs (we do not have
grants in this unit), the detailed information you are requesting (in all
four of your emails) is held by the European Investment Fund (EIF). I
have contacted the EIF, which has told me that data for the period up to
March 2016 (as close as we can get to your May date) will not be available
until 30 June 2016. This is because financial intermediaries using our
instruments have 3 months to collate and submit data. Once received by
the EIF, we would then need additional time to analyse the data and match
the postcodes to the UK counties that you have mentioned in your emails.
This means that it would take a bit longer to reply to you than would
normally be the case.
Would this be acceptable to you or would you prefer that we analyse older
data (up to 31.12 2015) and use this as the basis for our reply?
Please note that I shall be out of office for the next two weeks after
close of business today, so I would ask you to 'Reply to All' when
responding to this message, so that my colleagues in the 'cc' section are
aware of your preference. They will be dealing with the request while I
am away.
Best regards,
Jeremy Heath
Policy Officer
European Commission
DG Growth
Unit H3 - COSME financial instruments
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From: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:49 PM
To: 'Sam Holder'
Cc: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Money received by
companies/authorities in Dorset
Dear Mr Holder,
Thanks for your request. Since it is not a request for access to
documents, but a request for information, please note that it will not be
registered in our database nor handled under Regulation 1049/2001 on
public access to documents.
Your request for information has been attributed to the competent Unit in
our Directorate-General who will reply to your within 15 working days
according to the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour.
Kind regards,
The access to documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
I would prefer for you to analyse older data (up to 31.12 2015) and use this as the basis for our reply.
Yours faithfully,
Sam Holder
Sorry, I'm out of the office and will not return until 20.6.16. I am not
accessing my emails. For urgent matters please contact the secretariat:
[email address].
Jeremy Heath
Dear Mr. Holder,
We refer to your requests of 24/05/2016.
The information requested is available on the Europa website through the
Financial Transparency System (FTS).
The information on recipients is made public under responsibility of DG
Budget. It is based on an extraction from our internal financial systems
(ABAC).
The website can be accessed here
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/budget/fts/index_en....
The scope of the information available and the limitations to public
access (data protection) are imposed by the Financial Regulation, and can
be consulted in an information page on the FTS website.
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/budget/fts/about_en....
It includes information on the geographical location of the recipient.
The site has a contact form, in case there are difficulties retrieving the
information requested.
Kind regards,
Financial Unit Procurement and Grant management team
DG Growth
References
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1. http://ec.europa.eu/budget/fts/index_en....
2. http://ec.europa.eu/budget/fts/about_en....
Dear Mr Holder,
Further to your reply, please find below the information you requested.
Under the High Growth and Innovative SME Facility of the 2007-2013 Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), venture capital funds benefitting of ca. 27 million EUR under the facility have invested in two companies in Hampshire, United Kingdom, for a total invested amount of more than 5.6 million EUR.
Under the Loan Guarantee Facility of the 2014-2020 Programme for Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME), the following amounts have been awarded to companies located in the four regions, as of 31.12.2015:
• In the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, more than 85.000 EUR of loans supported by a COSME guarantee have been granted to 7 local SMEs
• In Hampshire, United Kingdom, more than 1.255.000 EUR of loans supported by a COSME guarantee have been granted to 44 local SMEs
• In Sussex, United Kingdom, more than 1.388.000 EUR of loans supported by a COSME guarantee have been granted to 77 local SMEs
• In Dorset, United Kingdom, almost 550.000 EUR of loans supported by a COSME guarantee have been granted to 24 local SMEs
Best regards,
Jeremy Heath