§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish the nunber of applications received under the loan guarantee scheme and the number approved in each region of the United Kingdom.
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§ Mr. MacGregorMy Department received 1,206 applications during the first five months of the scheme's operation, 1 June to 31 October 1981.
Guarantees issued—in England by reference to the areas covered by the Department of Industry's regional offices—are set out in the following table. There is a broad correlation between the numbers of guarantees issued in various regions and the relative size of the region.
Region Number of Guarantees ENGLAND North Eastern 32 North Western 132 Yorkshire and Humberside 96 West Midlands 114 East Midlands 86 South East (including East Anglia) 452 South West 99 SCOTLAND 104 WALES 54 NORTHERN IRELAND 3