§ Mr. HealeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each regional development agency(a) the amounts granted and (b) the companies facing closure or large-scale redundancies to which the sums have been allocated under the rapid response scheme. [104811]
§ Mr. WicksThe information requested is contained in the following table. Where no money has been awarded in a particular region this is because no firm proposals have been received.
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Rapid Response Fund: companies supported since 1998–99 RDA Company/ies Amount granted £ One North East Electrolux 51,000 Fujitsu 415,000 Groves Cranes 250,000 Onwa 153,000 R.J.B. Ellington 58,650 Siemens 300,000 Vaux 140,000 Wilkinson Sword 120,000 Total 1,487,650 Advantage West Midlands Lear, Alvis, Abbey Textiles, Alstrom, Massey Ferguson and AP Leamington (all Coventry and Warwickshire) 75,000 IMI Refineries Walsall 10,000 Michelin Bid to be received Rover 740,000 Staff Ceramics—4 firms 268,000 Telford—4 firms 150,000 East of England Development Agency Hazelwood Foods 50,000 United Distillers Vintners 61,000 Total 111,000 East Midlands Development Agency Alstom Turbines 57,000 Bryan Donkin Foundry 23,444 RJB Calberton/Harworth 89,500 Ladybird and Jarvis Porter 44,985 Laporte Industries 56,000 Midland Mining Annesley Bentinck 177,750 Total 448,579 South West of England Development Agency Hoechst Trespephan 125,250 Link Group 48,000 Rover Group (Swindon) 16,764 Strachen Henshaw 148,100 Total 338,114 London Development Partnership — 0 North West Development Agency — 0 South East of England Development Agency — 0 Yorkshire Forward2 — 0 Grand total 3,528,343 TBC 1 Up to £170,000 if needed