South West RDA (Hansard, 24 February 2003)

§ Mr. Liddell-Grainger
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff work in each department of the South West RDA. [98302]

§ Alan Johnson
In the South West Regional Development Agency there are in each department the following:
Development: 94 staff (including two student surveyors)
Enterprise and Innovation: 71 staff
Corporate Services: 29 staff
Strategy and Communications: 36 staff

§ Mr. Liddell-Grainger
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many projects were started by the South West RDA in(a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03. [98303]

§ Alan Johnson
Since the advent of single pot funding, i.e. from 1 April 2002—end January 2003,219 projects have been started by, that is, received funding approval from, the South West Regional Development Agency.
The information is not available for earlier years.