HC Deb 03 February 1977 vol 925 cc248-9W
Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how much public money in constant values was spent per head of the population on creating jobs in each of the areas for expansion in the last five years.

1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76
Northern development area:
Total expenditure … £147.5 m. £113.3 m. £139.0 m. £152.3 m. £185.0 m.
Per capita … £43.7 £33.5 £41.2 £45.1 £54.9
North-West Region:
Total expenditure … £92.5 m. £68.5 m. £80.1 m. £110.9 m. £107.0 m.
Per capita … £14.0 £10.4 £12.2 £16.9 £16.3
of which:
Merseyside SDA:
Total expenditure … £76.9 m. £57.9 m. £65.0 m. £82.4 m. £79.0 m.
Per capita … £45.3 £34.3 £38.8 £49.4 £47.7
South-West assisted areas:
Total expenditure … £11.4 m. £8.6 m. £10.5 m. £13.7 m. £11.0 m.
Per capita … £14.2 £10.6 £12.7 £16.4 £13.0
Yorkshire and Humberside intermediate area:
Total expenditure … £5.8 m. £3.5 m. £15.1 m. £19.9 m. £23.0 m.
Per capita … £1.3 £0.8 £3.2 £4.3 £4.9
East Midlands intermediate area:
Total expenditure … — £1.4 m. £2.7 m. £4.5 m. £2.5 m.
Per capita … — £2.1 £4.1 £6.8 £3.8
West Midlands intermediate area (Oswestry):
Total expenditure … — — £0.6 m. £1.5 m. £0.5 m.
Per capita … — — £13.7 £33.8 £11.6
Scotland:
Total expenditure … £164.3 m. £146.3 m. £164.0 m. £182.6 m. £228.0 m.
Per capita … £31.5 £28.1 £31.5 £35.0 £43.8
Wales:
Total expenditure … £84.9 m. £93.2 m. £99.2 m. £101.5 m. £104.0 m.
Per capita … £31.2 £34.1 £36.1 £36.8 £37.6
English assisted areas:
Total expenditure … £256.3 m. £196.2 m. £248.5 m. £304.3 m. £331.2 m.
Per capita … £15.9 £12.2 £15.4 £18.9 £20.5
Great Britain assisted areas*:
Total expenditure … £507.4 m. £437.1 m. £512.8 m. £590.2 m. £669.4 m.
Per capita … £21.1 £18.2 £21.3 £24.5 £27.8
Notes:
1. All payments are gross and include payments to nationalised industries. Major items included are regional development grants, regional selective assistance, Local Employment Act assistance, regional employment premium and investment grant differential.
2. * Includes payments which cannot be divided between regions.
3. No account is taken of assistance under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972, although in some cases this will have resulted in increased or safeguarded employment, nor of the various measures to combat unemployment introduced by the Secretary of State for Employment since August 1975.

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