HC Deb 02 February 1987 vol 109 cc500-2W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list, by region, the amount granted in regional assistance as regional development grants in each financial year since 1976–77 at current and outturn prices.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The question has been interpreted as asking for information at current and constant prices.

Payments of regional development grants since 1976–77 at current or outturn prices were as follows:

Payments of Regional Development Grants at current or outturn prices
£ million
Area 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87
North-East 143.7 127.3 123.0 107.0 101.0 109.7 91.4 68.8 61.6 46.4 70.9
North-West 63.4 59.9 76.5 74.1 122.2 177.5 133.1 115.5 107.4 83.0 85.3
Yorkshire & Humber-side 23.5 22.1 30.2 21.5 38.7 47.1 36.4 23.5 26.8 24.2 21.1
East Midlands 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.4 3.2 7.2 8.8 8.2 3.8 4.4 7.1
West Midlands — — — — — — — — — —
South-West 5.2 7.2 6.0 5.0 8.5 10.3 11.0 7.8 9.5 8.6 13.3
Scotland 108.2 105.0 107.3 70.2 113.3 142.7 287.3 143.0 109.2 107.5 148.8
Wales 62.4 70.4 71.5 50.7 103.5 122.2 121.5 72.1 92.7 84.4 71.8
Great Britain Total 407.7 393.3 416.8 330.9 490.5 616.7 689.5 438.9 411.0 358.5 418.3
1 1986–87 data are latest available and provisional.

Payments of regional development grants at constant 1986 prices2 were as follows:
£ million
Area 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87
North-East 347.6 270.6 236.7 176.1 140.2 138.7 107.7 77.6 66.6 47.2 70.8
North-West 153.4 127.3 147.2 122.0 169.5 224.4 156.8 130.3 116.1 84.4 85.2
Yorkshire & Humber-side 56.9 47.0 58.0 35.4 53.7 59.5 42.8 26.5 28.9 24.6 21.1
East Midlands 3.1 3.0 4.4 3.9 4.4 9.1 10.3 9.2 4.2 4.4 7.1
West Midlands — — — — — — — — — — —
South-West 12.6 15.3 11.5 8.2 11.8 13.0 12.9 8.8 10.3 8.8 13.3
Scotland 261.8 223.2 206.5 115.5 157.1 180.4 338.4 161.3 118.1 109.4 148.6
Wales 151.0 150.0 137.5 83.4 143.5 154.4 143.1 81.4 100.2 85.9 71.7
Great Britain Total 986.4 836.4 801.8 544.5 680.2 779.5 812.0 495.1 444.4 364.7 417.8
1 1986–87 data are latest available and provisional.
2 Expenditure on a 1986 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list, by region, the amount granted in national selective assistance under section 8 of the Industry Act, in each year since the inception of the scheme at current and outturn prices.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Cumulative expenditure by region to 31 March 1986 for certain forms of assistance under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972 and the Industrial Development Act 1982 is as follows:

Region Amount(£'000)
Scotland 50,599
Wales 28,503
North East 19,015
Yorkshire and Humberside 81,887
East Midlands 64,702
West Midlands 84,767
South East 158,987
South West 43,220
North West 97,942
Northern Ireland/Mixed 5,275
TOTAL 634,897

The forms of assistance included are the following schemes: Wool Textiles (Parts 1 & 2), Ferrous Foundries, Machine Tools, Clothing, Paper and Board, Non-ferrous Foundary, Instrumentation, Drop Forging, Printing Machinery, Textile Machinery, Poultrymeat Processing, Footwear, Accelerated Project, Selective Investment, Support for Major Projects, Redment Slaughterhouse, Electronic Components, Microelectronics Industry Support 1, Coal Firing, Fibre Optics and Opto-electronics, Private Sector Steel, Small Engineering Firms Investment (1 & 2), Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Computer Aided Design and Test Equipment, Innovation Linked Investment, Quality Assurance, and Support for the Microelectronics Industry.

The more detailed information requested by the hon. Member could be provided only at disproportionate cost.