Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library the list of newly established firms in all the enterprise zones in the United Kingdom to the end of May 1982 referred to in the reply of 12 July, Official Report, c. 318.
Sir George YoungI have today placed in the Library the list of firms newly established in enterprise zones in the year ending 31 May 1982.
Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total cost to date to central Government of each of the enterprise zones mentioned in the reply of 12 July, Official Report, c. 318.
Sir George Young: We can assess the costs for each zone of the exemption from rates. The figures show the position at the end of each financial year.
Enterprise Zone Rating Authority 1982–82* 1982–83 1. Corby Corby 125,644 434,436 2. Dudley Dudley 701,965 1,201,198 3. Hartlepool Hartlepool 26,371 ‡83,610 4. Isle of Dogs Newham †— ‡98,360 Tower †— †995,305 Hamlets 5. Salford/Trafford Salford 220,837 440,827 Trafford 252,534 729,886 6. Speke Liverpool 516,244 ‡1,005,508 7. Wakefield Wakefield 249,492 417,22 8. Tyneside Newcastle 496,268 1,060,080 Gateshead 919,415 1,834,796 3,508,770 8,301,228 Notes * Zones were designated throughout 1981–82. The rate exemptions did not therefore apply over the full year 1981–82. † Isle of Dogs zone designated 26 April 1982: Rates exemption did not apply in 1981–82. ‡ Amount shown is total of advances: final claim for year not yet made by local authority.