HC Deb 01 December 1983 vol 49 cc595-6W
Mr. Penhaligon

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any estimate of the percentage of regional development grant money spent on capital-intensive industries.

Mr. Trippier

Statistics on regional development grant payments to capital-intensive industries are not collected.

However, the annual report prepared under the Industrial Development Act 1982 records payments of regional development grant to industrial sectors currently classified under orders III to XIX of the standard industrial classification 1968.