HC Deb 24 March 1982 vol 20 c363W
Mr. Arthur Davidson

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what the financial cost would be of granting full development area status to North-East Lancashire.

Mr. MacGregor

The main benefit of special development or development area status is the availability of regional development grants, which are paid on investment expenditure incurred. However, data on investment are not available for specific areas such as North-East Lancashire and it is therefore not possible to make a realistic estimate.