§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications have been submitted to his Department for industrial research and development projects in each year since 1979; if he will give a breakdown of the regions from which these applications arose in the same period; and what proportion of them were not granted.
§ Mr. ButcherThe following is the information based on data collected in respect of industrial research and development projects for which applications have been made for support under the Science and Technology Act 1965:
Number of rejected cases by region from 1.4.79 to 1.3.85 Region Total Welsh Office 77 West Midlands 342 Yorkshire and Humberside 254 GRAND TOTAL 2,883