§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many loans have been guaranteed under the loan guarantee scheme to the latest date for which figures are available; how many have had to call on the guarantee; and what has been the cost to the Exchequer of them so doing.
§ Mr. TrippierAt the end of January 1984, 13,549 guarantees had been issued in respect of £446.2 million. At the same date, 1,667 called guarantees had been paid amounting to £42.2 million. Against this there have been
Table 1.—Total regional development grant paid £'000 Region 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Scotland 3,003 31,975 61,614 98,455 108,195 105,006 107,344 70,168 113,265 142,739 287,309 Wales 905 15,313 32,215 47,052 62,359 70,400 71,500 50,663 103,475 122,171 121,527 Northern 3,443 35,755 57,762 106,872 152,126 137,420 135,228 122,396 117,546 143,884 127,200 Yorkshire and Humberside 249 4,150 11,088 17,996 23,515 22,110 30,165 21,487 38,710 47,064 36,368 East Midlands 47 1,340 3,190 1,408 1,322 1,387 2,301 2,378 3,182 7,171 8,767 South West 123 2,231 4,994 4,724 5,150 7,239 5,975 5,010 8,538 10,294 10,964 West Midlands 11 395 1,155 470 290 17 92 25 78 44 116 North West 281 16,084 40,736 47,907 54,752 49,788 64,333 58,718 105,730 143,401 97,309
Table 2.—Number of applications for regional development grant paid Number 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Great Britain 2,005 20,710 35,966 40,675 43,368 40,657 39,108 39,321 42,812 32,723 26,297