§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the number of applications for Industry Act 1972, section 7, assistance received by his Department from the Barnsley travel-to-work area in 1980, 1981 and 1982, the sums of money involved with each successful application and the dates on which the payments were made.
§ Mr. MacGregorDetails of applications received and offers made under section 7 of the Industry Act (subsequently the Industrial Development Act 1982) in the Barnsley travel-to-work area in 1980, 1981 and 1982 are as follows:
1980 1981 1982 No. of applications received 1 6 5 No. of successful applications 0 5 3 Value of offers made (£'000) — 333 373 Details of individual payments made are confidential.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will indicate the number and value of applications for job creation grants under the office and service industries scheme which have been approved for firms in the Barnsley travel-to-work area since August 1979, together with the number of jobs involved.
§ Mr. MacGregorThere have been no applications.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will indicate the number of applications for job-creating loans under the European coal and steel community made from the Barnsley travel-to-work area, the sums of money involved with each successful application and the number of jobs involved.
§ Mr. MacGregorOne loan from the European Coal and Steel Community has been made. The value of the loan was £250,000 and it is estimated that this will create 170 jobs.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the number of applications for loans under 17W the small firms' loan guarantee scheme in the Barnsley travel-to-work area since the scheme's inception, the number of applications approved and the sums of money involved, as well as the number of successful applicants who have since gone out of business.
§ Mr. MacGregorNo separate figures are available for the Barnsley travel-to-work area. To 31 March 1983 my Department issued 706 guarantees to firms based in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, in respect of £20.4 million of bank lending; demands were received on 42 of those guarantees. Very few applications are rejected by my Department, but figures are not available for those that are turned down by the banks.