§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will provide a breakdown of regional preferential assistance to industry for each year since 1981–82, inclusive, at 1992–93 constant prices.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe amounts spent on regional preferential assistance in Great Britain for the period 1981–82 to 1991–92 are set out in the table. The values are all expressed in terms of 1992–93 prices.
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Government expenditure on Regional Preferential Assistance to Industry at 1992–93 prices £ million England Wales Scotland Great Britain 1981–82 818.0 367.5 432.6 1,618.1 1982–83 639.9 316.3 641.7 1,597.9 1983–84 498.6 199.2 379 5 1,077.3 1984–85 477.5 233.1 295.6 1,006.2 1985–86 372.6 207.4 295.2 875.2 1986–87 512.6 218.8 351.9 1,083.3 1987–88 372.4 182.2 210.8 765.4 1988–89 405.7 190.1 193.9 789.7 1989–90 317.5 158.5 174.0 650.0 1990–91 227.8 149.0 177.3 554.1 1991–92 157.6 160.5 134.4 452.5
£ millon Index 1992–93 prices 1978–79 35.5 1979–80 41.4 1980–81 49.0 1981–82 53.7 1982–83 57.6 1983–84 60.2 1984–85 63.3 1985–86 66.7 1986–87 68.9 1987–88 72.7 1988–89 78.0 1989–90 83.1 1990–91 89.7 1991–92 95.9 1992–93 100.0 Notes:
- 1. All figures are gross and include payments to Nationalised Industries.
- 2. Expenditure on a 1992–93 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices. The items included in the expenditure are Regional Development Grants, Regional Selective Assistance and Regional Enterprise Grants; expenditure on Land and Factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.