§ Mr. Hickmetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much regional aid in total has been paid or committed to how many companies, firms or individuals in the Glanford and Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency since June 1983; and what effect this has had on unemployment.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is available on a constituency basis for the new regional development grant scheme (RDG II) and regional selective assistance (RSA) but for the old regional development grant scheme (RDG I) figures relate to the Scunthorpe employment office area. The number of companies in receipt of RDG I payments is not available. The information relating to the period since June 1983 is as follows:
Payments of RDG I in amounts over £25,000 (£ thousands) 11,478 RDG II Number of companies 83 Value of payments (£ thousands) 2,130 RSA Number of offers 18 >Value of offers (£ thousands) 3,364 Only RDG II and RSA grants are related to jobs. The number of new jobs created or to be created as a result of the above projects amount to over 1,600.