§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the categories of financial grants made by his Department to bodies, voluntary and statutory, in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region in each of the last five years; and if he will indicate the total amount paid into each category in each respective year.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieA grant in aid of £12,000 has been paid to the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association in 1974–75, and a similar sum in 1975–76. A wide range of regional and other financial incentives is available to industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region, but a full geographical breakdown of expenditure is not available. Information on specifically regional 7W incentives is published in the Annual Reports of expenditure under the Industry Act 1972.