HC Deb 19 January 1988 vol 125 cc668-9W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will indicate the amount of regional development grants and regional selective assistance grants made in(a) the county of Durham, (b) the new town industrial estate of Peterlee and (c) the Easington district council area over the last five years.

Mr. Atkins

The amount of regional support made available in county Durham, Peterlee and Easington between January 1983 and December 1987 is as follows:

£ million
County Durham Peterlee Easington
Regional Selective Assistance offered 26.1 6.3 8.8

County Durham Peterlee Easington
Payments under original Regional Development Grant Scheme (RDGI) 22.1 10.2 —
Approvals under revised Regional Development Grant Scheme 32.4 6.5 8.1

The RDG I figures relate to published information for employment office areas and identify individual payments in excess of £25,000. The Department does not maintain more detailed statistics. Since Easington falls within the Sunderland employment office area a breakdown of RDG I is not available. Likewise specific records are not available on the industrial estate mentioned and therefore the figures quoted relate to Peterlee new town.