§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the Government funds committed in 1987 and 1988 under the link scheme.
§ Mr. ForthThe first five link programmes were announced on 3 February 1988 and subsequently another five programmes were announced during the year. Total Government funding authorised under the 10 link programmes announced in 1988 amounted to £59.3 million.
Expenditure at current prices £ millions 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1.Regional development grants1 East Midlands 2.3 2.4 3.2 7.2 8.8 8.2 3.8 4.4 8.4 7.1 Northern 135.2 122.4 117.5 143.9 127.2 101.3 89.0 67.3 102.2 61.7 North West 64.3 58.7 105.7 143.4 97.3 83.0 79.9 62.1 101.3 45.7 South West 6.0 5.0 8.5 10.3 11.0 7.8 9.5 8.6 15.3 7.0 West Midlands 0.1 neg 0.1 neg 0.1 — — — — — Yorkshire and Humberside 30.2 21.5 38.7 47.1 36.4 23.5 26.8 24.2 27.1 17.8 England2 238.1 210.0 273.8 351.8 280.7 223.8 209.1 166.5 254.3 139.3 2. Regional selective assistance East Midlands 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.0 4.2 8.7 6.4 3.9 2.2 2.3 Northern 10.7 11.5 15.6 22.6 21.1 15.4 15 3 16.2 18.1 24.7 North West 40.1 23.3 19.3 14.6 18.3 13.6 13.7 12.7 18.4 19.6 South West 2.4 2.7 2.5 1.7 2.7 2.0 2.1 2.5 5.2 4.3 West Midlands — — — — — — — 5.5 9.8 18.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.2 6.8 6.6 7.1 10.6 8.8 9.7 8.3 10.1 14.1 England3 59.1 46.7 48.6 54.4 68.7 62.2 72.9 74.8 100.6 122.9 Expenditure at constant (1987–88 = 100) prices 3.Regional development grants1 East Midlands 4.7 4.2 4.7 9.7 11.1 9.9 4.4 4.8 8.8 7.1 Northern 276.5 214.4 173.6 193.7 160.0 121.8 101.9 73.1 107.4 61.7 North West 131.5 102.8 156.1 193.0 122.4 99.8 91.5 67.4 106.4 45.7 South West 12.3 8.8 12.6 13.0 13.8 9.4 10.9 9.3 16.1 7.0 West Midlands 0.2 neg 0.1 neg 0.1 — — — — — Yorkshire and Humberside 62.8 37.7 57.2 63.4 45.8 28.2 30.7 26.3 28.5 17.8 England2 486.9 367.8 404.4 473.5 353.1 269.0 239.5 180.8 267.1 139.3 4.Regional selective assistance East Midlands 1.4 1.6 0.9 1.3 5.3 10.5 7.3 4.2 2.3 2.3 Northern 21.8 20.1 23.0 30.4 26.5 18.5 17.5 17.6 19.3 24.7 North West 82.0 40.8 28.5 19.7 23.0 16.3 15.7 13.8 19.3 19.6 South West 4.9 4.7 3.7 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 5.5 4.3 West Midlands — — — — — — — 6.0 10.3 18.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 10.6 11.9 9.7 9.6 13.3 10.6 11.1 9.0 10.6 14.1 England3 120.9 81.8 71.8 73.2 86.4 74.8 83.5 81.2 105.7 122.9 Notes:
1 RDG figures cover expenditure under the original and revised schemes.
2 Totals do not always equal component parts due to rounding.
3 At the regional level RSA figures include only industrial and training grants: England figures include some unallocated project grants and expenditure under the business improvement services and exchange risk guarantee schemes. Expenditure under these two schemes cannot be broken down to the regional level.
The provisional gross outturn for RDG for England as a whole in 1988–89 is £155 million at current prices, £144 million at constant 1987–88 prices; and for RSA £135 million (current), £126 million (constant).
The planned provision (net of domestic receipts) for RDG and RSA in the period 1989–90 to 1991–92 is as follows: