§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been total Government 508W expenditure upon the export marketing research service in each of the years since its introduction; and what percentage of this expenditure was accounted for by grants towards the cost of research undertaken by firms based in the north-west of England in each of those years.
§ Mr. ChannonFigures for total gross expenditure under the scheme are given for the financial years 1969–70 to 1983–84. It is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to provide information about the expenditure on firms in the north-west for each of those financial years. However, figures are given for the last three financial years.
Gross expenditure under the export marketing research scheme North-West Region Financial year Total expenditure £'s
Expenditure £'s
Percentage share (by value) per cent. 1969–70 9,900 — — 1970–71 54,500 — — 1971–72 37,400 — — 1972–73 174,000 — — 1973–74 299,400 — — 1974–75 184,000 — — 1975–76 302,000 — — 1976–77 334,896 — — 1977–78 413,892 — — 1978–79 547,237 — — 1979–80 492,683 — — 1980–81 309,471 — — 1981–82 455,731 32,222 7.1 1982–83 1,076,964 74,355 7.0 1983–84 2,228,957 237,929 10.7
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list all those firms based in the north-west of England which have received assistance under the export marketing research service in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ChannonApplications for assistance under the export marketing research scheme are regarded as being confidential between the Department and firms. It is therefore not possible to provide the names of firms in the north-west. However, of the 1,181 applications approved under the scheme in 1984, 87 were from firms located in the north-west region.