HC Deb 19 June 1990 vol 174 cc489-90W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the amount of regional assistance in 1989 per head for(a) Scotland, (b) north-east England,(c) north-west England, (d) the west midlands, (e) east midlands, (f) south-west England and (g) south-east England.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The amount of regional preferential assistance per head in the most recent year for which figures are available is as follows:

Expenditure per head of civilian working population, 1988–89
£
(a) Scotland 61.4
England—Regions
(b) Northern 92.3
(c) North West 27.7
(d) West Midlands 9.6
(e) East Midlands 4.5
(f) South West 7.0
(g) South East nil