§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all moneys paid or revenue deferred in enterprise zones for each year since their establishment in total support and in (a) tax incentive and (b) rates relief for Scotland, Wales and England.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information on enterprise zones in Great Britain up to December 1985, including the value of public sector investment and grant payments, the estimated net cost to the Exchequer of capital allowances and payments in respect of rates revenue forgone by local authorities for the years 1981–82 to 1984–85, is contained in "Enterprise Zone Information 1984–85" published in October 1986, copies of which were placed in the Library. Payments in respect of rates revenue forgone in 1985–86 amounted to £25 million.