§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Industry how much financial assistance was granted in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk districts in each year since 1974; and how many jobs were created by such assistance.
§ Mr. MacGregorI assume that the hon. Member is referring to financial assistance under parts I and II of the Industry Act 1972. Such assistance has been as follows:
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Part I Part II Payments of regional development grant (in amounts over £25,000) £'000 Section 7 offers of regional selective assistance £'000 Section 8 offers of selective financial assistance £'000 North-West Region 1974 N/A 20,120 173 1975 N/A 20,862 722 1976 33,562 14,254 10,714 1977 24,512 23,688 19,689 1978 44,746 40,137 22,486 1979 43,673 45,340 11,013 1980 63,865 27,607 4,268 1981 108,020 13,815 2,899 1982* 48,640 12,843 7,354 Merseyside SDA 1974 N/A 13,126 — 1975 N/A 3,609 — 1976 N/A 4,854 1,116 1977 17,692 11,299 646 1978 31,502 25,529 7,397 1979 29,853 20,672 2,792 1980 51,447 13,069 350 1981 73,517 7,573 57 1982* 37,742 6,009 615 Kirkby EOA 1974 N/A 4,975 — 1975 N/A 149 — 1976 N/A 161 — 1977 329 2,691 393 1978 1,225 861 — 1979 866 359 105 1980 2,523 1,753 — 1981 3,646 325 — 1982* 1,924 49 — Ormskirk TTWA 1974 N/A 199 — 1975 N/A 1,226 — 1976 N/A 1,003 — 1977 330 3,189 874 1978 1,061 1,862 76 1979 888 1,957 24 1980 1,301 698 32 1981 2,691 188 14 1982* 1,211 1,191 — *January-September. Only section 7 assistance is employment related. On offers made between 1 January 1974 and 30 September 1980 in the North-West region under section 7 assistance, 37,944 jobs have so far been created and 27,204 safeguarded.