§ Sir Russell Fairgrieveasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will set out his powers of direction in respect of the National Enterprise Board.
§ Mr. ButcherThe powers are set out in section 7 of the Industry Act 1975, and enable the Secretary of State to give the board directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise of its functions.
Number of applications Value of applications £ million Number of offers made Value of offers made £ million Scotland 1979 364 108.4 183 39.2 1980 89 29.2 226 38.7 1981 164 56.6 122 41.0 1982* 268 52.5 236 43.9 Wales 1979 237 35.5 202 21.9 1980 119 33.0 111 29.2 1981 203 30.6 130 18.6 1982* 253 30.0 197 25.1 North East 1979 182 32.3 140 25.4 1980 73 25.9 82 32.0 1981 61 16.0 53 11.5 1982* 145 28.3 102 12.2 North West 1979 470 63.5 376 45.3 1980 243 40.2 150 27.5 1981 163 26.2 86 13.8 1982* 330 35.8 172 15.7 Yorkshire/Humberside 1979 228 21.5 192 13.9 1980 45 5.6 122 7.2 1981 157 24.1 99 12.3 1982* 271 25.4 168 11.4 East Midlands 1979 43 5.7 32 0.7 1980 22 3.9 24 2.6 1981 91 12.0 43 4.1 1982* 113 17.4 83 11.4 West Midlands 1979 3 0.07 2 Neg 1980 — — 1 Neg 1981 — — — — 1982* — — — — South West 1979 62 7.5 55 5.3 1980 19 1.5 20 1.4 1981 37 6.7 25 1.6 1982* 31 2.2 25 5.0 *January-November only. Offers made are not necessarily on applications received during the same calendar year.