Regional Assistance (Hansard, 15 February 1989)

§ Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will publish in theOfficial Report data for regional preferential assistance in 1987–88 on the

Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry¹ 1987–88
	Great Britain	North	York and Humberside	East Midlands	South West	West Midlands	North West	England	Wales	Scotland
Regional development grants	118.7	29.0	6.4	0.7	2.4	—	22.6	61.1	22.8	34.8
Old special development area	78.9	22.8	—	—	0.4	—	16.7	39–9	13.0	26.1
Old development areas	39.8	6.2	6.4	0.7	2.0	—	5.9	21.2	9.8	8.7
Old intermediate areas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
New regional development grants	151.9	32.7	11.4	6.4	4.6	—	23.1	78.2	30.6	43.2
New development areas	151.9	32.7	11.4	6.4	4.6	—	23.1	78.2	30.6	43.2
New intermediate areas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Selective financial assistance²	148.5	24.4	14.1	2.2	4.3	18.3	19.4	82.7	28.1	37.6
Old special development area	27.2	6.7	—	—	0.4	—	2.4	9.5	3.5	14.2
Old development areas	23.3	0.4	3.8	0.9	1.0	—	0.3	6.4	13.3	3.6
Old intermediate areas	3.6	—	0.7	0.0	0.2	—	1.2	2.1	0.4	1.1
New development areas	49.2	15.2	1.8	0.7	0.5	—	9.7	27.9	5.2	16.2
New intermediate areas	45.2	2.1	7.8	0.6	2.2	18.3	5.8	36.8	5.7	2.7
Expenditure by English estates on land and building	46.7	22.6	6.7	—	3.4	0.5	13.5	46.7	—	—
New development areas	38.1	21.1	3.4	—	2.4	—	11.3	38.1	—	—
New intermediate areas	8.5	1.5	3.3	—	1.0	0.5	2.2	8.5	—	—
Expenditure by Scottish and Welsh development agencies' on land and factories	64.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44.2	20.1
Development board for rural Wales	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.5	—
Highlands and Islands development board	16.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.4
Total	552.9	108.7	38.6	9.3	14.7	18.8	78.6	268.7	132.2	152.1
¹ All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries. Data are presented in terms of the old definitions of Assisted Areas for those payments resulting from applications made up to 28 November 1984, and in terms of the new definitions for the payments resulting from applications after 28 November 1984.
² Under Section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982.
³ It has not been possible to provide a split by Assisted Area status for expenditure by the WDA. The comparable expenditure figures of £20.1 million for the SDA comprised £16.9 million in new development areas and £2.5 million in new intermediate areas.

Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry at current prices¹
£ million
Region	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
Northern	158.9	147.8	145.4	175.1	158.5	124.7	122.2	94.4	137.1	108.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	37.4	32.1	52.2	61.6	52.9	35.5	41.9	34.3	41.4	38.6
East Midlands³	3.4	4.1	4.6	8.6	13.7	17.6	10.1	8.3	10.5	9.3
South West	9.6	10.7	11.5	14.8	16.4	11.9	13.7	11.8	22.2	14.7
West Midlands⁴	0.4	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	5.5	10.0	18.8
North West	⁶114.0	⁶86.7	⁶130.2	⁶174.8	⁶123 .8	⁶104.2	⁶101.6	85.9	128.5	78.6
England	323.7	281.5	343.9	434.9	365.3	293.9	289.5	240.2	349.8	268.7
Wales	132.1	100.2	171.3	198.1	182.2	116.8	146.0	137.7	150.4	132.2
Scotland	153.6	130.5	192.8	231.9	369.4	227.8	179.2	204.7	241.6	1521
Great Britain²	609.4	512.2	708.0	864.9	917.0	638.5	614.6	582.6	741.8	552.9

Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry at 1987–88 prices^{1 5}
£ million
Region	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
Northern	325.5	259.3	215.3	236.3	199.5	150.2	140.0	102.7	144.3	108.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	76.6	56.3	77.3	83.1	66.6	42.8	48.0	37.3	43.6	38.6
East Midlands³	7.0	7.2	6.8	11.6	17.2	21.2	11.6	9.0	11.1	9.3
South West	19.7	18.8	17.0	20.0	20.6	14.3	15.7	12.8	23.4	14.7
West Midlands⁴	0.8	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	10.5	18.8
North West	⁶233. 5	⁶152.1	⁶192. 8	⁶235.9	⁶155. 8	⁶125.5	116.4	93.5	135.3	78.6
England	663.1	493.9	509.1	587.0	459.8	354.1	331.7	261.3	368.2	268.7
Wales	270.6	175.8	253.6	267.4	229.3	140.7	167.3	149.8	158.3	132.2

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same basis as in table 12.9 in "Regional Trends 1988"; and whether he will also state the total assistance to each standard region since 1978–79 at both current and 1987–88 prices.

Region	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
Scotland	314.6	228.9	285.4	313.0	464.9	274.5	205.3	222.7	254.3	152.1
Great Britain²	1,248.3	898.6	1,048.2	1,167.3	1,154.1	769.3	704.2	633.9	780.8	552.9
¹ All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries.
² The Great Britain total does not always equal the sum of the component parts due to the inclusion of expenditure which cannot be allocated to regions and because of rounding.
³ Includes some minor expenditure in west midlands in respect of Oswestry TTWA which ceased to be an assisted area in 1982–83.
⁴ Certain TTWAs in the west midlands were designated as Assisted Areas on 29 November 1984.
⁵ Expenditure on a 1987.88 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices.
⁶ Includes expenditure in Cumbria, otherwise shown within the totals for the northern region.