§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the Official Report the amount of regional selective assistance given or offered under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 of £5,000 or more in each of the past three years and to date (a) nationally, (b) in the east midlands and (c) to Leicestershire; and if he will list all the benefiting companies and the amount received in each case by installations in the east midlands and Leicestershire.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOffers of regional selective assistance (RSA) of £5,000 or more in each of the last three years and to date in Great Britain, the east midlands region and Leicestershire are as follows:
£ thousand 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 *1985–86 Great Britain 136,283 178,466 247,591 173,071 East Midlands 10,016 6,395 7,960 2,555 Leicestershire — — 15 263 *April 1985—January 1986 The following issues of British Business, obtainable in the Library of the House, contain details of companies [about 200] in the east midlands region which have had offers of £5,000 or more and have received a first payment since April 1982:
- 24 September 1982,
- 17 December 1982,
- 15 April 1983,
- 24 June 1983,
- 18 November 1983,
- 17 February 1984,
- 6 July 1984,
- 13 July 1984,
- 14 September 1984,
- 23 November 1984,
- 22 February 1985,
- 28 June 1985,
- 30 August 1985,
- 29 November 1985,
- 28 February 1986.