HC Deb 19 April 1988 vol 131 c411W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all the projects in the northern region sponsored under his Department's support for marketing, support for quality, and support for design schemes : to provide a regional breakdown of(a) number of projects and (b) expenditures under each of these three schemes; and if he will list all the consultants engaged in these schemes, and their main or principal office.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The detailed information requested is available only at disproportionate cost. However, the hon. Member may wish to know that in DTI's north-east and north-west regions 232 companies have been assisted under the support for marketing scheme, 494 under the support for quality scheme and 295 under the support for design scheme. Payments made by DTI totalled £0.99 million, £1.82million and £0.91 million respectively.