HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 c301W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the number of projects, the

Great Britain1 planned starts and expenditure 1987–882 by region3, expenditure expressed as a percentage of Great Britain total
Business enterprise programme Private enterprise programme Local grants to employers4
Region Starts5 Expenditure Per cent. Starts Expenditure Per cent. Starts Expenditure per cent.
£ million £ million £ million
South East 5,790 0.718 11.21 5,561 0.293 7.71 15,360 2.708 11.48
London 8,962 1.102 17.21 6,180 0.502 13.21 11,665 2.184 9.26
South West 7,855 0.770 12.02 6,892 0.121 3.19 5,555 1.618 6.86
West Midlands 4,617 0.445 6.95 3,872 0.466 12.27 13,328 3.620 15.35
East Midlands and Eastern 4,615 0.555 8.67 8,154 0.739 19.45 10,173 2.697 11.44
Yorkshire and Humberside 3,846 0.428 6.68 5,150 0.414 10.90 6,101 1.550 6.59
North West 8,592 1.008 15.74 10,007 0.712 18.74 11,652 3.365 14.27
Northern 3,359 0.389 6.07 3,442 0.146 3.84 8,015 1.901 8.06
Wales 3,339 0.313 4.89 2,996 0.133 3.50 6,648 1.502 6.37
Scotland 3,836 0.677 10.57 4,006 0.273 7.19 9,282 2.431 10.31
GREAT BRITAIN 54,811 6.405 100.00 56,260 3.799 100.00 97,779 23.581 100.00

Expenditure per head of the regional population6 in Great Britain
Business enterprise programme Private enterprise programme Local grants to employers
£ £ £
Region
South East 0.07 0.03 0.27
London 0.16 0.07 0.32
South West 0.17 0.03 0.36
West Midlands 0.09 0.09 0.70
East Midlands and Eastern 0.09 0.11 0.42
Yorkshire and Humberside 0.09 0.08 0.32
North West 0.15 0.10 0.49
Northern 0.15 0.06 0.73
Wales 0.11 0.05 0.53
Scotland 0.13 0.05 0.47
1 Figures for the United Kingdom are not available.
2 April 1987—March 1988.
3 Manpower Services Commission regions have been used, as figures are not recorded by standard region.
4 Local Grants to Employers include two complementary schemes, Local Training Grants and Local Consultancy Grants. It is not possible separately to identify Local Training Grants by region.
5 Records of projects are not recorded; starts to schemes have been given.
6 Manpower Services Commission population projection for calendar year 1987.