§ Mr. Sackvilleasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the expenditure on regional development grant and regional selective assistance in each region of England, Scotland and Wales for each financial year from 1981–82 to 1985–86.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is given by economic planning regions in the following tables:
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(II) Payments of regional selective assistance: £ million 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Scotland 19.3 19.7 23.7 29.5 41.6 Wales 9.8 14.4 15.2 17.7 21.7 Northern 22.6 21.1 15.4 15.0 15.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.1 10.4 8.8 9.2 6.5 East Midlands 1.0 4.1 8.7 6.4 3.8 West Midlands .02 — — .01 4.4 South West 1.7 2.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 North West 14.7 18.3 13.5 11.0 10.8 Total 76.22 90.5 87.2 90.31 106.1 * Payments from 1981–82 to 1983–84 relate to old style regional development grants; payments from 1984–85 relate to both old and new regional development grants. † Provisional