HC Deb 19 May 1982 vol 24 c140W
Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money has been and is proposed to be expended on each of the enterprise zones.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Apart from the cost of the package of enterprise zone incentives, no special expenditure is expected to be incurred in any area as a result of its designation as an enterprise zone. Information on normal development expenditure will become available only when the consultants monitoring the zones report in the autumn. The estimate of the cost of the rates concession in the 8 English zones is £9.5 million in 1982–83, but the exact figure will depend on the level of development.

Areas designated as enterprise zones continue to be eligible for aid under the other Government programmes, such as the urban programme and derelict land grant. Since designation, expenditure supported by the urban programme and derelict land grant has been incurred of is programmed in six zones in England as follows:

1981–82 1982–83
£ £
Hartlepool 132,000 147,000
Isle of Dogs 5,000,000
Salford/Trafford 1,000,000 1,850,000
Tyneside 1,759,000 3,661,000
Wakefield 100,000
Dudley 15,000 602,000