§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much money has been spent in each of the last 10 years by his Department on attracting investment from(a) inside the United Kingdom and (b) overseas for (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each of the English regions, by region.
§ Mr. CopeIt is not a principal function of my Department to encourage regional investment. There are, however, two areas of expenditure which do create investment and the regional analysis is as follows:
Region Assistance to tourist projects in England1 City action team project fund 1985–86 £000s 1986–87 £000s 1986–87 £000s 1987–88 £000s North-East 621 644 1,000 1,000 North-West 1,479 1,916 — 2,000 Yorkshire 865 1,744 — — West Midlands 457 1,224 — 1,000 East Midlands 22,241 784 — — South East 1,317 1,493 — 1,000 South West 2,464 3,519 — — East Anglia 815 785 — — Southern 1,290 1,945 — — 1 Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have equivalent schemes for assistance to tourist projects. 2 £1.5 million of this sum was to attract investment from overseas. All investment is from inside the United Kingdom except where specifically indicated. The Department
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§ Mr. FryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) fatalities and (b) injuries have been caused to people at work whilst off the highway by motor vehicles in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table gives the available information for employees at work struck by vehicles. The injuries are those reported under the relevant accident reporting regulations (see notes 1, 3 and 4). They exclude any accidents reportable under the Road Traffic Act 1972.
assumed responsibility for tourism matters in September 1985. We ceased to have responsibility for city action teams from 1 October 1987.