§ Mr. Frank CookTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the spending, and the number of cases helped in the county of Cleveland, through(a) regional selective assistance and (b) regional development grant in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987, broken down into manufacturing and service industries, and within that category (i) firms employing up to 200 employees and 201 or more and within that category (ii) regional development grant awards made on a capital grants basis, as opposed to grants given per job created.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 14 March 1988]: The information requested in respect of the number of projects receiving payments and the value of expenditure under regional selective assistance (RSA) and regional development grant (RDG) in the County of Cleveland in each year is as follows: 499W
RSA1 Manufacture Service 1984 Small Number of projects 28 5 Payments (£ million) 1.0 0.2 Medium/Large Number of projects 8 1 Payments (£ million) 3.2 0.7 1985 Small Number of projects 26 5 Payments (£ million) 2.7 0.1 Medium/Large Number of projects 9 1 Payments (£ million) 1.8 0.9
RDG2 Manufacture Service (a) Capital grant (b) Job grant (a) Capital grant (b) Job grant 19843 Small Number of projects — — — — Payments (£ million) — — — — Medium/large Number of projects — — — — Payments (£ million) — — — — 1985 Small Number of projects — 36 3 17 Payments (£ million) — 1.4 Neg 0.2 Medium/large Number of projects — — — — Payments (£ million) — — — — 1986 Small Number of projects 30 243 5 75 Payments (£ million) 0.2 2.8 Neg 0.8 Medium/large Number of projects 2 1 — 1 Payments (£ million) 0.1 0.1 — Neg 1987 Small Number of projects 59 365 5 87 Payments (£ million) 0.7 4.5 Neg 0.9 Medium/large Number of projects 5 5 1 2 Payments (£ million) 0.6 0.7 Neg Neg Note—small firms are those with up to 200 employees; medium/large firms are those with 201 employees or more. Negligible means payments below £50,000. 1 Project and training grants only. 2 Figures are given for the revised RDG scheme only. Records for the original scheme are insufficiently detailed to provide the information requested. 3 No data for 1984 as the revised RDG scheme was only introduced in November that year.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will set out in theOfficial Report estimates of expenditure in 1987–88 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, on (a) regional development grants, (b) regional selective assistance and (c) regional and general
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Manufacture Service 1986 Small Number of projects 32 4 Payments (£ million) 1.7 0.1 Medium/Large Number of projects 5 — Payments (£ million) 1.8 — 1987 Small Number of projects 21 5 Payments (£ million) 1.2 Neg Medium/Large Number of projects 13 1 Payments (£ million) 2.6 Neg industrial support in cash and real terms, together with the amounts of planned expenditure for the years 1988–89,1989–90 and 1990–91.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 10 March 1988]:The information requested in cash and constant (1986–87) price terms is as follows: 501W
£ million1 1987–882 1988–893 1989–903 1990–913 Cash Constant Cash Constant Cash Constant Cash Constant (a) Regional Development Grant England 132 127 156 143 116 103 66 57 Scotland 67 64 58 53 51 45 32 28 Wales 54 51 64 58 42 37 28 24 (b) Regional Selective Assistance4 England 122 117 161 148 148 131 148 127 Scotland5 53 51 60 55 60 53 80 69 Wales 41 39 46 42 52 46 61 53 (c) Regional and General Industrial Support6 England7 294 282 463 425 448 397 423 364 Scotland8 257 246 266 244 261 231 261 225 Wales9 169 162 194 178 180 160 180 155 1 All figures are net of recoveries and other domestic receipts, but gross of receipts from the European regional development fund 2 Supply Estimate figures 3 Figures underlying the 1988 public expenditure White Paper 4 Incorporating industrial and training grants and expenditure under the business improvement services and exchange risk guarantee schemes 5 Including (for 1988–89 onwards) expenditure provision for the regional investment grant element of the enterprise initiative package 6 Including expenditure on regional development grant and regional selective assistance 7 Including (in addition to RDG and RSA) expenditure provision in Great Britain for selective assistance towards individual companies and industries, as well as (for 1988–89 onwards) GB provision for the consultancy services and regional innovation grant elements of the enterprise initiative package. Also incorporating expenditure in England only under the regional investment grant element of the package, and expenditure on task forces and city action teams. 8 Including (in addition to RDG and RSA) expenditure under the Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment (excluding tourism) Vote on support for nationalised industries (except transport), general labour market services, support for the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board, and other central and miscellaneous services. 9 Including (in addition to RDG and RSA) expenditure under the regional investment grant element of the enterprise initiative package, and support for the Welsh Development Agency and Mid-Wales Development.