HC Deb 07 December 1994 vol 251 cc257-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those public projects which received European regional development funding and were subsequently privatised over the last 10 years, indicating (a) the level of funding and (b) the dates when it was received.

Mr. Charles Wardle

[holding answer 24 November 1994]: The bodies that have been privatised during the last 10 years and received European regional development funding for projects were British Gas, British Telecommunications and the Electricity Boards. The dates and amounts of grants are listed in the following table:

British Telecom £
1984
17 May
Manchester 102,000
17 September
Newcastle 1,058,400
North Tyneside 1,118,400
South Tyneside 405,600
South Tyneside 1,355,100
South Tyneside 116,700
Sunderland 560,100
Middlesborough 274,800
Durham 1,194,300
Darlington 230,400
Darlington 300,000
Northumberland 210,600
Northumberland 24,900
Bradford 895,200
Rotherham 231,600
Doncastor 394,200
Barnsley 201,000
Redruth/Hayle 872,700
Liskeard/ Newquay/Roche 1,070,700
Birmingham 96,900
Birmingham 298,800
Birmingham 935,400
Birmingham 688,500
Birmingham 85,200
Birmingham 111,900
Birmingham 233,400
Birmingham 29,100
Birmingham 647,400
Birmingham 506,400
Birmingham 488,400
Coventry 38,700
Coventry 175,500
Wolverhampton 577,500
Wolverhampton 77,400
Wolverhampton 905,400
Wolverhampton 83,400
Walsall 560,400
West Bromwich 122,400
Birmingham 541,800
Liverpool 102,600
Wirral 24,000

British Telecom £
Liverpool 38,700
Liverpool 38,100
Liverpool 31,500
Liverpool 159,600
Liverpool 95,400
Sefton 87,000
Sefton 97,200
St. Helens 63,900
St. Helens 54,900
Sefton 704,700
Wirral 669,300
Liverpool 139,200
Liverpool 732,300
Liverpool 45,300
Liverpool 74,700
Liverpool 391,200
Rossendale 18,000
Rochdale 29,400

Electricity Companies £
1984
17 September
Burnley 79,500
Wigan 816,600
1985
24 January
Blaydon 74,100
Hull 45,000
Hull 30,900
Torridge 25,600
Tavistock 46,500
Lynton 259,800
30 September(Various) 889,500
1986
29 January
Rossendale 1,830,000
1987
27 January
Manchester 255,000
The Wrekin 80,500
1988
27 January
Chester 440,000
Salford 76,000
(Various) 436,000
Manchester 45,000
Hartlepool 512,500

British Gas £
1984
12 January
Washington. 48,000
17 May
Sheffield 58,800
17 September
Barnsley 619,500
Bradford 43,800
Halton 151,200

British Gas £
1985
24 January
Consett 28,800
Rotherham 811,500
Bideford 88,500
Birmingham 18,200
Blackburn 116,400
Liverpool 134,400
Rochdale 66,600
30 September
Sheffield 643,500
Bradford 39,500
Bradford 28,000
Wolverhampton 430,000
Halton 29,250

£ million
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Jan-Sept 1993 Jan-Sept 1994
UK exports 13.6 36.0 69.7 118.7 179.3 115.3 163.7
UK imports 99.0 144.2 135.6 124.6 141.1 98.3 131.3
Balance -85.4 -108.2 -65.9 -5.9 38.2 17.0 32.4

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK