§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of total regional development grants has been paid to firms in the north-west region in 1979 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonMost of this information has been published in the various annual reports on the Industrial Development Act. The details are as follows:
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(A) Old regional development grants; payments in the North-West £ million 1979–80 Amount 58.7 Percentage of Great Britain 17.7 1980–81 Amount 105.7 Percentage of Great Britain 21.5 1981–82 Amount 143.4 Percentage of Great Britain 23.2 1982–83 Amount 97.3 Percentage of Great Britain 14.1 1983–84 Amount 83.0 Percentage of Great Britain 18.9 1984–85 Amount 79.9 Percentage of Great Britain 19.5
£ million 1985–86 Amount 76.9 Percentage of Great Britain 24.0 Note:
Up to and including 1984–5 the North-West figures do not include Cumbria; for 1984–85 and 1985–86 Cumbria is included in the North-West totals.
(B) New regional development grants; payments in the North- West £ million 1985–86 Amount 6.0 Percentage of Great Britain 15.5
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many firms that have received regional development grants in the north-west in 1979 and each subsequent year have subsequently closed down or announced redundancies; and if he will give an estimate of the number of jobs involved.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThese statistics are not monitored for old regional development grant and the cost of extracting them from the Department's records and other sources would be prohibitive. The Department is aware of 10 cases of closure — but fewer than 200 employees involved overall — among firms being paid under the new regional development grant scheme.