§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish his latest figures for the amount of regional development grant and regional selective assistance paid out for Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom as a whole for 1984–85, 1985–86 and so far in 1986–87.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNorthern Ireland has its own forms of regional assistance which are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Payments of regional development grant1 and regional selective assistance2 in Great Britain in 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 to date are:
£ million 1984–85 1985–86 31986–87 Regional Development Grants 411.0 358.5 346.9 Regional Selective Assistance 97.8 119.8 68.4 1 Consists of old and new style RDGs; the new RDG scheme was introduced on 29 November 1984. 2 Industrial and training grants only. 3 April to November.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his budgeted figure for payments for Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom as a whole in (a) regional development grant and (b) regional selective assistance; and what is his best estimates of the amounts due.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNorthern Ireland has its own forms of regional incentives which are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. For Great Britain, combined Supply Estimate and Winter Supplementary Estimate provisions for payments of regional development grant and regional selective assistance in 1986–87 are 547W £504.8 million and £160.6 million respectively. As I said in my reply to the hon. Member on 8 December 1986, at column 25, I am not yet in a position to give a clear estimate of the amounts due.