§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those companies in the Corby area which have qualified for regional selective assistance since 1991–92, together with the total value of such selective assistance in each year. [20277]
§ Mr. PageDiscussions about regional selective assistance grants are confidential between the company338W concerned and my Department. I am, therefore, unable to provide a full list of companies which received RSA during the period in question. However, where RSA exceeds £75,000, details are published in the Employment Gazette once the first payment has been made.
I can provide figures which show the total amounts of RSA approved for projects in the Corby travel-to-work area from financial year 1991–92 onwards, and these figures are as follows:
Financial year Number of offers Amount offered £000s 1991–92 4 553 1992–93 6 588 1993–94 11 1,295 1994–95 4 843 As my hon. Friend is aware, Corby lost its development area status when the new assisted area map was published on 1 August 1993. The above totals for 1993–94 and for 1994–95 include figures for projects which were submitted to my Department prior to 1 August 1993 but which were not officially approved until after that date.