§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures on regional selective assistance for(a) the total number of applications received since 1 April 1988, (b) the number of the above applications that have been processed and (c) the total amount of money paid out since 1 April 1988.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerA total of 231 applications for regional selective assistance grants were received by my Department and 181 of these processed in the period from 1 April 1988 to 28 February 1989. The total amount of grant paid out over the same period was £27.4 million (RSA project and training grants).
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures on regional development grants for(a) the number of applications outstanding on 31 March 1988, (b) the number of those outstanding applications that have subsequently been processed, (c) the number of those applications that are still outstanding and (d) the total amount of money paid out since 31 March 1988 in regional development grants to those applicants.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerA total of 1,935 applications for revised regional development grant (RDG II) were outstanding on 31 March 1988. All these have since been actioned, and decisions had been made on 1,821 as at 28 February 1989, leaving a balance of 114. Actual payments on applications outstanding at 31 March 1988 totalled £13.3 million as at 28 February. Total expenditure on RDG II between 31 March 1988 and 28 February 1989 was £34.85 million.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total expenditure on regional development grant for each of the years 1983–84 to 1987–88 inclusive, and the estimated expenditure for 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerExpenditure on regional development grants in Wales for the years 1983–84 to 1987–88 inclusive was as follows:
£ million1 1983–84 72.1 1984–85 92.7 1985–86 84.4 1986–87 88.8 1987–88 53.4 Notes:
Estimated outturn for 1988–89 is £57.5 million1 and the provision for 1989–90 is shown in the Supply Estimates published on 14 March. Planned provision by my Department for 1990–91 and 1991–92 is, respectively £43.6 million2 and £34.3 million2.
1Gross expenditure on original (RDG I) and revised (RDG II) schemes.
2Expenditure net of domestic receipts and recoveries, gross of EC receipts.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total expenditure on regional selective assistance for each of the years 1983–84 to 1987–88 inclusive, and the estimated expenditure for 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerExpenditure on regional selective assistance' in Wales for the years 1983–84 to 1987–88 inclusive is as follows:
£ million1 1983–84 18.2 1984–85 25.1 1985–86 28.0 1986–87 35.6 1987–88 36.7 Notes:
Estimated outturn for 1988–89 is £43.0 million1 and the provision for 1989–90 is shown in the Supply Estimates published on 14 March. Planned provision by my Department for 1990–91 and 1991–92 is, respectively £61.2 million2 and £62.7 million.2
1 Gross expenditure on industrial and training grants, exchange risk losses on European loans, payments under the business improve-ments services scheme.
2 Expenditure net of domestic receipts, gross of EC receipts.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give(a) the total number of applications received for innovation grants from 1 April 1988 to the most recent date for which figures are available, (b) the total number of applications approved, (c) the total amount of expenditure involved and (d) the total estimated expenditure planned for that period and the estimated expenditure for 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerUnder the regional enterprise grant scheme 106 applications for innovation projects were received by my Department and 28 offers of grant to the value of £538,000 were made in the period 1 April 1988 to 28 February 1989. Most of these offers will not fall due for payment until 1989–90 and subsequent years. The revised total provision for payments in the 1988–89 financial year is £0.1 million. Vote provision for 1989–90 is shown in the Supply Estimates published on 14 March and planned provision in 1990–91 and 1991–92 is £1.8 million in each year.