§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total expenditure on regional grants and assistance to enterprises situated within (a) the city of Leicester, and (b) Leicester, East constituency in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to the reply, 19 June 1984, c. 89]: During the period in question, the Leicester travel-to-work Area (TTWA) which includes both the city of Leicester and the Leicester, East constituency, has not been eligible for regional assistance. However, eligible projects in Leicester qualify for the many national schemes of assistance operated by my Department. Since May 1979, 155 offers totalling over £2.3 million have been made to firms in the Leicester TTWA under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982. Exceptionally, figures for the city of Leicester within the Leicester TTWA are available for assistance under SEFIS 2 and flexible manufacturing systems: under the former, there have been 85 applications for assistance for which offers of over £361,860 have been made; and two offers of assistance totalling over £747,000 have been made under the flexible manufacturing systems. Details of assistance for these schemes is not available on a. constituency basis.