§ Mr. Fallonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the amounts and recipients of regional development grants and regional selective assistance amongst companies in the Darlington area in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe amounts and recipients of regional development grants and offers of regional selective assistance made to companies in the Darlington area in each year since 1 May 1979. are as follows:
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Offers of Regional Selective Assistance in the Darlington Parliamentary Constituency Company Offered amount £
1 May 1979–31 March 1980 Cleveland Bridge 6,626,000 Phoenix Tubeman Limited 30,000 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 645,000 Kohlangaz Fire Company Limited 20,000 1 April 1980–31 March 1981 Cummins Engine Company Limited 2,150,000 1 April 1981–31 March 1982 Nil — 1 April 1982–31 March 1983 Nil — 1 April 1983–31 March 1984 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 1,070,000 Stenga Limited 25,000 C. P. Offset Limited 25,000 Brent Chemicals Int. plc 40,000 Darlington Pattern Making Company 6,500 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 T. E. Catterall Limited 20,000 Amdega Limited 50,000 Indescon Limited 35,000 Priestgate Services (No. 29) Limited 30,000 1 April 1985–31 March 1986 Harvey Plating Limited 50,000 Rallbar Limited 10,000 Areena Shoe Components Limited 50,000 31 March 1986–31 December 1986 Henry Williams Limited 45,000 Mitre Tooling Company 35,000 33W
RDGI—Payments over £25,000 in Darlington EOA Company Payment £
1 May 1979–31 March 1980 Carreras Rothman Limited 200,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 58,000 Perstorp Ferguson Limited 36,000 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 28,000 William Brown's Sawmills Limited 28,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 251,000 British Industrial Plastics Limited 107,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 35,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 44,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 47,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 34,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 31,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 48,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 32,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 38,000 DFN Engineering Limited 31,000 Phoenix Tubeman Limited 26,000 Torrington Company Limited 63,000 Ward Bros (Steel) Limited 26,000 1 April 1980–31 March 1981 Cummins Engine Company Limited 94,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 65,000 ABM Chemical Limited 34,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 27,000 Phoenix Tubeman Limited 35,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 34,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 156,000 DFN Engineering Limited 43,000 British Industrial Plastics Limited 45,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 29,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 28,000 Fraser Machine Tool Finance Limited 32,000 Fraser Machine Tool Finance Limited 31,000 Thrislington Engineering Company Limited 35,000 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 78,000 1 April 1981–31 March 1982 Carreras Rothman Limited 196,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 274,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 195,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 178,000 Torrington Company Limited 72,000 Warner & Swasey Leasing Limited 25,000 William Brown's Sawmills Limited 28,000 Carreras Rothman Limited 35,000 Chemical & Insulating Company Limited 28,000 C M Varley & Company Limited 30,000 Cummins Engine Company Limited 28,000 Initial Garment Manufacturing Limited 31,000 Presswork (Metals) Limited 53,000 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 50,000 Whessoe Heavy Engineering Limited 36,000 William Brown's Sawmills Limited 58,000 William Brown's Sawmills Limited 76,000 Bowater Packaging Limited 92,000 Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company Limited 33,000 Courtaulds Limited 56,000 Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Limited 38,000 1 April 1982–31 March 1983 Perstorp Ferguson Limited 105,000 Patons & Baldwins Limited 125,000 1 April 1983–31 March 1984 Nil 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 Nil 1 April 1985–31 March 1986 Nil 1 April 1986–30 September 1986 Nil On 1 August 1980, the area status was downgraded to intermediate area. There was therefore no RDG assistance (old or new) on assets provided in Darlington on or after that date. Individual RDG payments of less than £25,000 have been excluded from the above figures.