HC Deb 08 May 1989 vol 152 c330W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was(a) the total number of applications received for investment grants from 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989, (b) the total number of applications approved, (c) the total amount of expenditure involved and (d) the total estimated expenditure planned for that period and the estimated expenditure for 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.

Mr. Peter Walker

Under the regional enterprise grant scheme 319 applications for investment projects were received by my Department and 135 offers of grant to the value of £818,460 were made in the period 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 20 March 1989 for details of planned and future expenditure provision.