§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Trade 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. DeakinsA number of grants, of which details are not readily available, have been made to trade associations and other bodies in the region in support of export promotion. In addition the English Tourist Board, which is supported by the Department of Trade, has made grants as follows to the Yorkshire, Cleveland and Humberside Tourist Board:
£ 1971–1972 … … … 12,000 1972–1973 … … … 17,250 1973–1974 … … … 22,000 1974–1975 … … … 34,000 1975–1976 … … … 42,000