§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to introduce a Government-funded marketing consultancy service.
1978–79 £'000 1979–80 £'000 1980–81 £'000 1981–82 £'000 1982–83 £000 *1983–84 £'000 Offers of selective financial assistance Section 8 Leicester Employment Office Area 9,389 482 317 180 476 722 Great Britain 159,813 71,565 40,891 36,013 77,873 74,212 Support for Innovation City of Leicester 20 155 120 646 1,207 749 Great Britain 39,857 43,772 39,835 88,489 123,209 133,746 * April-September only Information under the Industrial Development Act 1982 is not collected on a city basis and is available only by travel to work areas in the case of RDGs and employment office areas for sections 7 and 8. It would thus not be possible to provide all the information requested by the hon. Member. Information about RDG payments cannot be broken down below travel to work areas which in many cases cover significant areas within and without city boundaries. It would be possible to provide information on sections 7 and 8 and SFI assistance for each city using employment office area approximations but the work involved in preparing the information would cost more than £500.