§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total number and value of offers of regional assistance made to companies in west Cumbria travel-to-work areas, in Cumbria as a whole, in the north-west region and in the northern region for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. TrippierIn December 1983, nine offers of assistance totalling £1,401,000 were made under the Industrial Development Act 1982 towards projects in the north-west region. Of these one offer totalling £45,000 was made towards a project in the west Cumbria travel-towork area, and two offers totalling £635,000 were made towards projects in Cumbria. Eighteen offers totalling £1,521,000 were made towards projects in the north-east region.