§ Mr. Geoffrey Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list, by region, for the last
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 No. of offers Offer Value No. of offers Offer Value No. of Offers Offer Value No. of Offers Offer Value No. of Offers Offer Value £'m £'m £'m £'m £'m North East 141 25.4 82 29.5 52 11.7 119 14.8 180 18.5 North West 374 46.5 151 29.0 87 14.0 174 14.0 114 13.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 189 13.7 122 7.2 99 13.9 180 12.0 118 15.6 East Midlands 32 0.7 23 2.7 44 4.1 91 12.7 73 9.1 West Midlands 2 0.04 1 Neg — — — — — — South West 56 5.4 21 2.0 23 1.2 28 5.0 41 8.3 Scotland 181 38.8 224 38.6 122 40.9 249 44.8 196 50.0 Wales 202 21.9 111 29.2 131 18.5 206 27.8 267 42.0
ERDF Commitments Commission Financial Year £K 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Region Industry Infra-structure Industry Infra-structure Industry Infra-structure Industry Infra-structure Industry Infra-structure North East 871 24,848 18,826 6,299 3,077 34,013 28,675 30,341 565 30,117 North West 23,928 10,399 21,841 7,096 1,760 12,115 –251 27,788 5,456 35,014 Yorkshire and Humberside 773 6,460 1,893 16,321 450 9,427 –488 19,121 538 14,409 East Midlands 1,071 36 125 569 –7 4,621 Nil 1,415 1,215 2,905 West Midlands 40 Nil Nil 298 –5 Nil Nil Nil Nil 3,844 South West 201 7,740 1,517 249 215 6,723 –115 7,320 –12 11,192 Scotland 4,440 32,694 10,749 15,892 15,417 53,628 1,663 59,560 17,297 62,739 Wales 7,878 13,801 18,462 14,004 440 24,404 13,815 33,527 11,877 33,220 NB Negative values include decommitments from earlier years
202Wfive years (a) the grants made under the regional selective assistance scheme, under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, (b) the corresponding aid received by the Government from the European regional development fund, and (c) the separate support to regional bodies from the European regional development fund in respect of infrastructure projects.
§ Mr. TrippierDetails of assistance which has been made available to industry in each region under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in each of the last five years is listed in the first table which follows.
I regret that it is not posssible, except at disproportionate cost, (i) to identify the aid received by the Government from the European regional development fund which corresponds to regional selective assistance as opposed to regional development grant or (ii) to show the separate support specifically for regional bodies in respect of infrastructure projects.
The second table indicates the amounts committed from the fund for both industrial and infrastructure projects. In the case of industrial projects, the fund may have contributed, in some instances, to projects receiving regional development grant as well as regional selective assistance from the Government.
Lists of all projects (industrial and infrastructure) in receipt of ERDF aid are published from time to time in British Business. The most recent issue featuring such a list was dated 20 January 1984.
Details of assistance which has been made available to industry in each region under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in each of the last five years is as follows: