§ Mr. David Reedasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the 5,898 applications for Industry Act regional development grants made to his Department's Billingham office by November 1973 were successful in obtaining assistance.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantNo separate records are kept of successful and unsuccessful applications, but records are kept of applications received and cleared. Of the 5,898 applications for regional development grant received by the Billingham office by 23rd November 1973, 4,313 had been cleared or rejected242W in entirety by that date while a further 348 had been partly cleared and the remainder are being examined.
§ Mr. David Reedasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how it was possible to compile an analysis by standard industrial classification order of regional development grants paid in all the assisted areas, as published in the Industry Annual Report, when such an analysis is not readily available for the Northern Region.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantA cross-tabulation of payments by region and by standard industrial classification order is not required. Industrial analysis of all payments by SIC order is at present carried out as an annual computer exercise in order to prepare a table for the Industry Act annual report. It is not at present intended to extend the scope and cost of this exercise by conducting SIC analyses for individual regions.