§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2 May 1997. [153285]
§ Mr. Caborn[holding answer 12 March 2001]: It is not possible to quantify the direct effect of all the Department's policies and actions. However, we do hold statistical information on the programmes administered by 544W the Department and the expected effects of that funding in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency are set out.
Nature of funding Number of companies Amount offered (£) Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1997–98 Regional Selective Assistance 13 1,308,000 340 0 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 1 176,721 1— 1— 1998–99 Regional Selective Assistance 9 1,378,000 476 0 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 0 0 0 0 1999–2000 Regional Selective Assistance 8 665,000 163 26 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 2 90,000 4 0 2000–01 Regional Selective Assistance 0 0 0 0 Enterprise Grants 4 43,435 15 0 SMART 0 0 0 0 1Not known