HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc293-5W
Mr.Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in theOfficial Report the amount of regional preferential assistance paid to each standard

Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance for industry1
Financial year
Form of assistance—Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
1. Regional Development Grant
Northern 135.0 122.4 117.5 143.9 127.2 101.3 89.0 67.3 102.2 61.7 81.6
North West 64.3 58.7 105.7 143.4 97.3 83.0 80.0 62.1 101.3 45.7 46.7
Yorkshire and Humberside 30.2 21.5 38.7 47.1 36.4 23.5 26.8 24.2 27.1 17.8 19 3
South West 6.0 5.0 8.5 10.3 110 7.8 9.5 8.6 15 3 7.0 6.6
East Midlands 2.3 2.4 3.2 7.2 8.8 8.2 3.8 4.4 8.4 7.1 7.9
West Midlands 0.1 — — — — — — — — — —
England2 238.1 210.0 273.7 351.9 280.7 223.8 209.0 166.6 254.4 139.3 162.2
Scotland 107.3 70.2 113.3 142.7 287.3 143.0 109.2 107.5 170.2 78 0 76.6
Wales 71.5 50.7 103.5 122.2 121.5 72.1 92.7 84.4 88.8 53.4 58.6
Great Britain2 416.9 330.9 490.5 516.8 689.6 438.9 410.8 358.5 513.1 270.6 297.4
2. Selective Financial Assistance
Northern 10.6 115 19.2 22.6 21.1 15.4 15.3 16.2 17.3 24.9 35.1
North West 40.2 23.3 22.5 14.7 18.3 13.6 13.7 12.7 18.3 19.6 20.3
Yorkshire and Humberside 5.2 6.8 6.6 7.1 10 6 8.8 9.7 8.3 10.1 14.1 21.0
South West 2.4 2.7 2.8 1.7 2.7 2.0 2.2 2.5 5.2 4.3 4.5
East Midlands 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.0 4.1 8.7 6.4 3.9 2.2 2.3 1.0
West Midlands — — — — — — — 5.5 9.8 18 3 24.6
England2 59.2 45.2 51.7 471 56.8 48.7 47.3 49.1 62.9 83.4 106.7
Scotland 14.9 18.7 23.5 19.6 201 24.7 31 7 48.1 35.4 38.3 38.0
Wales 30.4 18.8 118 10.2 14.5 15.9 19.4 22.5 27.5 28.3 36. 1
Great Britain2 104.5 82.6 870 77 0 91.5 89.3 98.4 119.7 125.8 150.1 180. 8
3. Regional Enterprise Grant — — — — — — — — — — —
Northern — — — — — — — — — — 0.3
North West — — — — — — — — — — 0.4
Yorkshire and Humberside — — — — — — — — — — 0.2
South West — — — — — — — — — — 0.1
East Midlands — — — — — — — — — — —
West Midlands — — — — — — — — — — —
England2 — — — — — — — — — — 0.9

region of England, Scotland and Wales in 1988–89, identifying separately the main forms of assistance; and if he will publish equivalent data for each year since 1978–79.

Mr.Douglas Hogg: The information requested is as follows:

Financial year
Form of assistance—Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Scotland — — — — — — — — — — 0.3
Wales — — — — — — — — — — 0.2
Great — — — — — — — — — — 1.4
4. Expenditure by English Estates on land and factories
Northern 13.2 13.9 14.9 10.1 10.2 12.3 18.3 11.1 16.9 22.6 16.6
North West 39.6 37.4 9.3 M5.7 38.2 36.5 10.2 11.1 9.0 13.5 14 6
Yorkshire and Humberside 2.0 3.8 7.4 7.4 5.9 3.3 6.0 2.9 4 1 6.7 9.3
South West 1.2 2.6 1.3 2.8 2.7 21 2.5 0.9 2.2 3.4 3.4
East Midlands 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.7 — — — — — —
West Midlands 0.1 0.1 — — — — — 0.9 0.2 0.5 10
England2 26.5 28.6 33.9 36.4 27.7 24.2 370 26.9 32.4 46.7 44.9
Expenditure by Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies on land and factories
Scotland 27.8 37.8 47.3 58.4 46.4 43.6 23.3 23.8 20.2 20.5 18.2
Wales 30.2 43.4 600 65.9 46.2 28.4 30.1 25.4 27.6 44.2 45.8
5. Highlands and Islands Development Board Scotland 6.1 8.5 11.4 11.8 15.6 17.3 22.9 17.6 16.6 16.4 18.1
6. Development Board for Rural Wales
Wales — — — — — 4.1 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.5 7.4
1 All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries.
2 The England and Great Britain totals for individual forms of assistance may not always equal inclusion of items which cannot be allocated to regions, and because of rounding. the sum of the component parts due to the
1 Includes expenditure in Cumbria, otherwise shown within the totals for the Northern Region.

The items included in the expenditure are: regional development grants, regional selective assistance and regional enterprise grants; expenditure on land and factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation and the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies; and expenditure on land and factories and grants by the Highlands and Islands Development Board and the Development Board for Rural Wales.