§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many projects, and at what cost, have been supplied by regional assistance in the Corby development area in each year since 1979–80.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe information is as follows:
Original regional development grant (RDG I)1 2 Payments £ million 1979–80 — 1980–81 0.21 1981–82 2.68 1982–83 6.82 1983–84 6.50 1984–85 2.59 1985–86 1.81 1986–87 3.22 1987–88 2.11 1988–89 1.95 1 Scheme was not project based 2 Only payments of over £25,000 included up to 1983–84
Revised regional development grant (RDG II)1 £ million Approvals Payments Number of Projects 1985–86 10.03 1.5 191 1986–87 24.23 4.7 207 1987–88 23.13 6.4 224 1988–89 15.18 7.3 171 1Scheme introduced November 1984 and terminated March 1988
Regional selective assistance £ million Offers Payments Number of Projects 1979–80 — — — 1980–81 1.05 0.03 6 1981–82 3.44 0.31 31 1982–83 6.49 1.43 57 1983–84 6.26 4.47 61 1984–85 2.09 3.45 26 1985–86 1.81 2.89 16 1986–87 1.10 1.58 11 1987–88 0.38 0.96 11 1988–89 0.75 0.37 5
Regional enterprise grants1 £ million Offers Payments Number of Projects 1988–89 0.36 0.01 32 1 Scheme introduced March 1988