§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish(a) tables showing the number of projects and total expenditure in each standard region under the enterprise initiative in each case expressed also as a percentage of the national total of expenditure and projects approved and (b) similar tables for each programme within the enterprise initiative.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 30 November 1989]: The Enterprise Initiative is a comprehensive package of DTI services, including the consultancy initiatives, regional selective assistance (RSA), regional enterprise grants (REG), collaborative research programmes, the small firms merit award for research and technology (SMART), the enterprise and education initiative, the managing into the '90s programme and the export initiative.
The information requested for project based programmes is as follows: 5W
Number of Consultancy Initiative Projects Approved and Total Actual Expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989 DTI Region/Country Approved Projects Per cent. Actual expenditure (£'000) Per cent. Total 26,453 57,887 NE 1,370 5.2 2,891 5.0 NW 4,126 15.6 10,859 18.8 YH 2,506 9.5 5,974 10.3 WM 2,741 10.4 6,803 11.8 EM 1,693 6.4 3,511 6.1 SW 2,153 8.1 4,074 7.0 SE 8,326 31.5 14,642 25.3 SDA 2,115 8.0 5,680 9.8 WDA 1,423 5.4 3,453 6.0 Notes:
1. A similar breakdown is not applicable to the Enterprise and Education Initiative, the Managing into the '90s programme or the Export Initiative, as these programmes do not offer individual project assistance to firms.
2. Information is provided by DTI Region and for Scotland and Wales as it is not available by standard economic region.
Number of regional selective assistance projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989 DTI Region/Country Approved Projects Per cent. Actual expenditure (£'000) Per cent. Total 2,836 36,467 North East 382 13.5 6,177 16.9 North West 551 19.4 5,092 14.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 251 8.9 3,436 9.4 West Midlands 799 28.2 6,037 16.6 East Midlands 38 1.3 211 0.6 South West 104 3.7 1,107 3.0 South East 0 0.0 0 0.0 Scottish Development Agency 386 13.6 8,045 22.1 Welsh Development Agency 325 11.5 6,362 17.4
Number of regional enterprise grants projects approved and total actual expenditure from 1 April 1988 to 31 October 1989 DTI Region/Country Approved Projects Per cent. Actual expenditure (£'000) Per cent. Total 2,713 5,264 North East 738 27.2 1,286 24.4 North West 528 19.5 1,108 21.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 344 12.7 788 15.0 West Midlands1 0 0.0 0 0.0 East Midlands 59 2.2 145 2.8 South West 212 7.8 272 5.2 South East 0 0.0 0 0.0 Scottish Development Agency 476 17.5 1,036 19.7 Welsh Development Agency 356 13.1 629 11.9 1No assisted areas in the West Midlands. 6W7W
Number of Small Firms Merit Awards for research and technology projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989 DTI Region/Country Approved Projects Per cent. Actual expenditure (£'000) Per cent. Total 347 — 13,502 — North East 27 7.8 1,024 7.6 North West 34 9.8 1,335 9.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 23 6.6 896 6.6 West Midlands 37 10.7 1,471 10.9 East Midlands 30 8.6 1,164 8.6 South West 38 11.0 1,453 10.8 South East 96 27.7 3,773 27.9 Scottish Development Association 27 7.8 1,024 7.6 Welsh Development Association 35 10.1 1,362 10.1
Number of Collaborative Research Projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989 DTI Region/Country Approved Projects Per cent. Actual expenditure (£'000) Per cent. Total 396 — 97,416 — North East 3 0.8 683 0.7 North West 34 8.6 9,476 9.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 21 5.3 3,977 4.1 West Midlands 55 13.9 13,250 13.6 East Midlands 45 11.4 4,700 4.8 South West 18 4.5 5,526 5.7 Eastern — — — — South East 212 53.5 59,127 60.7 Scottish Development Association 8 2.0 677 0.7 Welsh Development Association — — — —