HC Deb 31 October 1980 vol 991 c395W
Mr. J. Enoch Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what adjustments to the calculation of expenditure per capita in his reply, Official Report, 8 August, column 468, would render the respective figures for the three areas and for Northern Ireland reasonably comparable.

Mr. David Mitchell

The removal of £5.8 million for payments to the Northern Ireland Development Agency, thereby reducing the expenditure per capital to £71, is an appropriate adjustment to make the Northern Ireland figure reasonably comparable to the figures for the three areas mentioned in the written answer of 8 August 1980.

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