HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 125 cc492-3W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Prime Minister how the announced changes in regional policy in "DTI — the Department for Enterprise" will affect future total Government regional spending in(a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland.

The Prime Minister

The White Paper "DTI — the Department for Enterprise" (Cm. 278) indicates that the changes in regional policy do not reduce the planned level of spending on regional industrial measures. Specific information on Departments' expenditure plans for the next three years will be set out in the public expenditure White Paper to he published on 20 January.