§ Mr. Kenneth Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many United Kingdom firms employing fewer than 200 people, were in receipt of (a) regional
PART 11 Section 7 Offers of regional selective assistance—excluding assistance to shipbuilding Year Amount Numbe of firms Total number of manufacturing enterprises in the private sector employing less than 200 staff £Million 1972–73 1.3 63 68,971 1973–74 7.7 394 74,116 1974–75 6.0 352 81,078 1975–76 7.9 693 83,422 1976–77 8.6 434 Statistics not available 1977–78 15.2 568 Statistics not available 1978–79 13.5 471 Statistics not available Regional development grant under part I of the Act and selective financial assistance under part II section 8 are not related directly to employment and statistics on the amount of this aid given to firms employing fewer than 200 people are not readily available.