§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the average time taken from receipt to decision to process applications for development aid in Grimsby as compared with other development areas.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldInformation about the time taken to process applications for regional development grant for particular localities is not maintained, but the average time taken by the four regional development grant offices during the last six months has been:
Billingham (which deals with applications from Grimsby) 20.9 weeks (17.3) Bootle 15.2 weeks (14.2) Cardiff 16.7 weeks (16.8) Glasgow 15.8 weeks (16.9) The figures in brackets show the comparable figures for the previous six months.