HC Deb 01 March 1990 vol 168 cc293-4W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many consortia bids for local enterprise company status the local enterprise company unit is currently considering; and which areas of Scotland they come from.

Mr. Lang

[holding answer 28 February 1990]: Twenty-four applications for development funding have been received to date. The areas to which they relate are listed in the table.

Area covered
(i) Development funding approved
Grampian Enterprise Grampian Region
Lanarkshire Enterprise District Council areas of Hamilton, Clydesdale, Motherwell, East Kilbride and Monklands
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Lothian Region

Area covered
Renfrew Enterprise District Council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrew and Eastwood
Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway Region
(ii) Under consideration
Ayrshire Enterprise District Council areas of Cunninghame, Kyle and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Borders Enterprise Borders Region
Dunbartonshire Enterprise District Council areas of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Strathkelvin, Bearsden and Milngavie, Cumberland and Kilsyth
Fife Enterprise Fife Region
Forth Valley Enterprise Central Region
Glasgow Local Enterprise Company City of Glasgow District Council
Kingdom Enterprise Fife Region
Perthshire Enterprise District Council area of Perth and Kinross
Scottish Enterprise Tayside Tayside Region
Argyll Enterprise District Council area of Argyll and Bute
Argyll and the Islands Enterprise District Council area of Argyll and Bute
Caithness and Sutherland Local Enterprise Company District Council areas of Caithness and Sutherland
Inverness and Nairn Enterprise District Council areas of Inverness and Nairn
Lochaber Ltd. Lochaber District Council
Mid-Highland Enterprise District Council area of Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and West Moray
Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey District Council area of Badenoch and Strathspey and West Moray
Ross and Cromarty Enterprise Ross and Cromarty District Council
Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise Skye and Lochalsh District Council
Western Isles Local Enterprise Company Western Isles Islands Council