HC Deb 18 March 2002 vol 382 cc81-4W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total amount of regional assistance grant to industry in(a) the Buckingham constituency, (b) each constituency in the south-east of England and (c) the average per constituency in each year since 1992. [43295]

Alan Johnson

(a) Nil—the Buckingham constituency is not within an Assisted Area or Enterprise Grant Zone;

(b) Regional Selective Assistance Grant for each parliamentary constituency in the south-east of England in each year since 1992 is set out in the tables, and includes;

(c) the average per constituency:

Regional selective assistance grant awarded from 1992 to 2001
Constituency Number of grants Total amount (£) Average per constituency (£)
1992 1 1 1
1993
Faversham 2 36,500 18,250
1994
Bexhill and Battle 1 40,000 40,000
Dover 3 80,570 26,856
Faversham 12 497,770 41,480
Folkestone and Hythe 3 140,000 46,666
Hastings and Rye 5 163,912 32,782
Isle of Wight 10 579,529 57,952
North Thanet 1 650,000 650,000
South Thanet 10 733,200 73,320
1995
Bexhill and Battle 5 182,000 36,400
Dover 4 232,750 58,187
Faversham 15 831,000 55,400
Folkestone and Hythe 6 359,200 59,866
Gillingham 1 750,000 750,000
Hastings and Rye 14 449,000 32,071
Isle of Wight 12 861,100 71,758
North Thanet 15 1,367,200 91,146
South Thanet 15 921,612 61,440
1996
Bexhill and Battle 7 1,033,900 147,700
Dover 9 1,779,000 197,666
Faversham 7 805,000 115,000
Folkestone and Hythe 6 1,106,590 184,431
Hastings and Rye 7 430,000 61,428
Isle of Wight 16 591,500 36,968
North Thanet 16 2,655,500 165,968
South Thanet 17 4,819,348 283,491
1997
Bexhill and Battle 2 17,250 8,625
Dover 4 130,000 32,500
Faversham 7 513,000 73,285
Folkestone and Hythe 5 236,000 47,200
Hastings and Rye 6 282,000 47,000
Isle of Wight 10 257,750 25,775
North Thanet 8 405,600 50,700
South Thanet 14 3,642,000 260,142
1998
Bexhill and Battle 1 7,000 7,000
Faversham 10 270,500 27,050
Folkestone and Hythe 4 327,500 81,875
Hastings and Rye 4 238,000 59,500
Isle of Wight 5 727,000 145,400
North Thanet 8 560,400 70,050
South Thanet 11 2,896,000 263,272
1999
Bexhill and Battle 1 97,000 97,000
Canterbury 1 12,000 12,000
Dover 6 110,500 18,416
Faversham 12 592,100 49,341
Folkestone and Hythe 3 86,000 28,666
Hastings and Rye 4 226,500 56,625
Isle of Wight 8 1,350,000 168,750
North Thanet 4 391,000 97,750
South Thanet 10 598,500 59,850
2000
Bexhill and Battle 3 93,000 31,000
Brighton Kemptown 1 660,000 660,000
Regional selective assistance grant awarded from 1992 to 2001
Constituency Number of grants Total amount (£) Average per constituency (£)
Brighton Pavilion 1 95,000 95,000
Dover 3 1,051,160 350,386
Folkestone and Hythe 4 369,000 92,250
Hastings and Rye 4 150,500 37,625
Isle of Wight 5 1,171,700 234,340
North Thanet 4 325,000 81,250
South Thanet 7 308,200 44,028
2001
Dover 1 100,000 100,000
Faversham 1 75,000 75,000
North Thanet 4 2,260,000 565,000
South Thanet 1 5,000,000 5,000,000
1 No Grants awarded

Enterprise grants for each parliamentary constituency in the south-east of England in each year since 1992 are set out in the table:

Enterprise grants awarded from 1999 to 2001
Constituency Number of Grants Total amount (£) Average per constituency (£)
1999 1 1 1
2000
Faversham 3 100,250 33,416
Hastings and Rye 2 26,800 13,400
Isle of Wight 1 55,000 55,000
Lewes 2 100,900 50,450
North Thanet 3 105,950 35,316
South Thanet 3 116,900 38,966
2001
Bexhill and Battle 2 98,500 49,250
Canterbury 2 89,250 44,625
Dartford 1 16,500 16,500
Dover 2 20,950 10,475
Faversham 10 330,850 33,085
Folkestone and Hythe 3 92,654 30,884
Gillingham 1 72,000 72,000
Hastings and Rye 3 175,350 58,450
Hove 3 104,700 34,900
Isle of Wight 14 239,675 17,119
Lewes 3 136,949 45,649
Maidstone 1 60,150 60,150
Medway 5 149,420 29,884
Mid Kent 1 28,800 28,800
North Thanet 1 36,000 36,000
Portsmouth North 3 24,150 8,050
Portsmouth South 2 35,437 17,718
South Thanet 1 27,000 27,000
1 No grants awarded.

In the south-east region only the following constituencies are eligible for regional assistance: Ashford, Bexhill and Battle, Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone and Hythe, Gillingham, Gravesham, Hastings and Rye, Hove, Isle of Wight, Lewes, Maidstone, Medway, Mid Kent, North Thanet, Portsmouth, North, Portsmouth, South, Shoreham, South Thanet, Tonbridge and Mailing. Figures have been suppliedonly for these constituencies and where a grant has been given. The following constituencies have received no grant: RSA: Medway, Tonbridge and Mailing Enterprise Grant: Ashford, Brighton Pavilion, Gravesham, Shoreham.

Average figures have been calculated on a simple arithmetic basis.