HC Deb 07 June 1989 vol 154 c169W
Sir John Farr

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if any of the expenditure for 1989–90 by the Rural Development Commission will be for rural development programmes in the county of Leicester.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

There is no rural development programme as such in Leicestershire. The Rural Development Commission makes grants under other headings in the county, as well as providing advice and loans to small rural businesses.