§ Mr. Colin ShepherdTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report the grants made by his Department under section 13 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 showing the value of the grant as a percentage of the whole project cost.
§ Mr. Atkins[ holding answer 30 April 1990]: Section 13 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 enables Ministers to make grants towards improvements to "basic services" in assisted areas which will facilitate developments that will create new jobs for local people.
In my Department, this is mainly used to make grants towards the cost of access and distributor roads for new industrial estates, but other developments may also be considered for grant assistance. Grant is usually paid at a rate of 30 per cent. of eligible expenditure. If a project is partly funded by a grant from the European regional development fund, Industrial Development Act grant is payable only on the balance of the cost.
489WThe following table names the schemes which were formally approved for grant in 1989, gives the total cost of the road works, the amount of IDA grant awarded and the grant as a percentage of the total cost.
Project name Total cost Grant offer Grant/ total cost £000 £000 Per cent. Northern Region Hownsgill Industrial Estate 234 35 115 Lambton Street Industrial Estate Access Road 260 35 114 Shidon Access Road, All Saints Industrial Estate 31 5 115 Tower Road, Glover Industrial Estate, Washington (2 applications) 224 67 30 Heighington Lane Improvement 1,160 157 114 Heighington Lane Estate Road (2 applications) 937 126 113 Seaham Grange Spur Road 102 14 114 South Church Enterprise Park (phase 3) 122 17 114 Cul de sac off Walton Road, Pattinson Industrial Estate 58 17 30 North West Region Chester Business Park 830 250 30 Chester West Employment Park 266 40 115 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Warren Road Link, Sawcliffe Industrial Park 359 108 30 Road No. 2, Sawcliffe Industrial Park 55 17 30 Rook Lane/Dudley Hill Access Road, Bradford 93 28 30 Spring Ram Roundabout, Gelderd Road, Birstall 602 172 29 Norquest Industrial Park, Birstall 410 94 23 Development at Gelderd Road, Birstall 485 94 19 North East Sector Industrial Access Road, Scunthorpe 974 287 29 Aldwarke Lane Improvements, Rotherham 5,915 1,764 30 West Midlands Region Block 6, Townsend Drive, Attleborough Industrial Estate 94 28 30 Westward Heath Business Park Phase 3 833 116 114 Brockyard Road Improvement (Phases 2 and 3), Walsall 502 66 113 Woodend Lane, Fradley near Lichfield 103 19 18 Morgans Access Phase 2, Ashmore Lake Industrial Estate 30 9 30 Extension to Liberty Way, Nuneaton 137 41 30 East Midlands Region Hinckley Fields Industrial Estate Phase 1 911 111 112 South West Region Tolvaddon Industrial Estate 358 54 115 1 Indicates partly funded by ERDF grant. All figures rounded to the nearest whole number.