§ Mr. Hawksleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which 50 English authorities submitted bids for the new enterprise zones; and what area each bid was for.
§ Mr. KingThe information requested is as follows:
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Local Authority/New Town Development Corporation Area of Land in Application(hectares Northern Region Aycliffe Development Corporation 112 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council *70 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council *25 Middlesbrough Borough Council †*111 Middlesbrough Borough Council †*42 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council 136 South Tyneside Borough Council 115
Local Authority/New Town Development Corporation Area of Land in Application (hectares) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 67 Sunderland Borough Council 125 North West Region Allerdale District Council †67 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council 73 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 85 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 78 Central Lancashire Development Corporation 59 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council 15 Halton Borough Council 97 Liverpool City Council 85 North East Lancashire-four authorities (Bumley BC, Hyndburn BC, Pendle BC, Rossendale BC. Hyndburn BC and Rossendale BC also submitted separate applications) †193 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 68 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 66 Skelmersdale Development Corporation 119 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 61 (Note: Manchester City Council submitted and then withdrew an application). Yorkshire and Humberside Region Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 65 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 57 Glanford Borough Council †*72 Glanford Borough Council †*85 Great Grimsby Council 78 Kingston upon Hull City Council 97 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 106 Scunthorpe Borough Council 96 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 44 West Midlands Region Birmingham City Council 11 Cannock Chase District Council 162 Coventry City Council 10 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 70 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 91 Stoke-on-Trent Borough Council 28 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 114 Worcester City Council 50 The Wrekin District Council 113 (Note: Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council submitted and then withdrew an application). East Midlands Region Boston Borough Council 64 Corby District Council 161 Kettering Borough Council 77 Mansfield District Council 81 North East Derbyshire District Council 93 Wellingborough Borough Council 82 South West Region Plymouth City Council †28 Woodspring District Council 101 Greater London Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 32 Wandsworth London Borough Council 94 South East Region Gillingham Borough Council and Rochester-upon Medway City Council ‡138 Gravesham Borough Council 63 Medina Borough Council 30 Notes: * Two separate applications. † With options. † Single application.