§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what regional preferential assistance, including regional selective assistance, is in(a) cash terms and (b) 1988–89 process, as (i) the outturn for each financial year since 1978–79, (ii) plans for 1990–91, (iii) 1991–92 and 1992–93 and (iv) these figures broken down by region.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money has been spent in real terms in each eligible standard planning region of the United Kingdom on regional preferential assistance in each year from 1978–79 to 1988–89.
§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will outline, in constant prices, the total Government spending on regional policy in the United Kingdom for the period 1979 to 1989 inclusive.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 24 and 27 November 1989]: The information requested for the financial years 1978–79 to 1988–89 is set out below. Information on provision for future years will be published in the public expenditure White Paper in January 1990.
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4 Certain TTWAS in the west midlands were designated as assisted areas on 29 November 1984. 5 Expenditure on a 1988–89 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. The items included in the expenditure are regional development grants and regional selective assistance; regional enterprise grants; expenditure on land and factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
Northern Ireland has a different range of financial incentives available and the items included are Industrial Development Board grants and loans, expenditure on land and factories, standard capital grants and Local Enterprise Development Unit grants and loans.