§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Government industrial aid was provided to (a) Liverpool, (b) the north-west, (c) Birmingham and (d) the west midlands for the latest period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. TrippierAll of the areas mentioned are able to receive industrial aid under national schemes, but comprehensive information about such aid is not available in the form requested. Figures are, however, available for regional industrial aid. Birmingham and the west idlands do not attract regional aid. The figures for Liverpool and the north west for the most recent financial year (1983–84) are given in the following table:
£000 Liverpool travel-to-work area (a) North West Administrative Region (b) 1. Regional Development Grant (Part II of the Industrial Development Act 1982) (a) Payments over £25,000 14,770 98,111 (b) Payments of £25,000 or less Not known (c) 17,412 2. Regional Selective Assistance (Section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982) 4,100 14,264 3. Provision of Industrial and Commercial sites (English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981) Not known 7,200 Total 18,870 136,987 (a) The Liverpool travel-to-work area comprises the following employment office areas: Allerton, Bellevale, Bootle, Crosby, Everton, Garston, Huyton, Kirkby, Old Swan, Prescot, Toxteth, Walton and Walton Vale. (b) The North West Administrative Region comprises the North West economic planning region together with the county of Cumbria. (c) Payments of £25,000 or less to the North West Economic Planning region alone. Figure for Cumbria not known.