HC Deb 30 October 1990 vol 178 cc430-1W
Mr. Maxton

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 region of England, Scotland and Wales in each year from 1978–79 to the most recent available date in (a) cash and (b) constant prices and with an annual index.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The requested information with regard to regional preferential assistance from 1978–79 to the most recent year is as follows:

Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
West Midlands4 0.4 0.1 — — — — — 6.4 10.0 18.8 25.6 20.0
North West 6114.0 686.7 6130.2 6173.8 6123.8 6103.1 103.9 85.9 128.6 78.8 81.9 74.1
England2 323.7 281.5 343.9 435.4 365.3 296.7 293.3 242.6 349.7 269.4 314.6 263.3
Wales 132.1 100.2 171.3 197.5 182.1 120.0 147.5 138.4 150.7 132.4 148.2 131.7
Scotland 156.1 135.2 194.5 232.5 369.4 228.6 187.2 197.0 242.4 153.2 151.2 143.8
Great Britain2 611.9 516.9 709.7 865.5 916.9 645.3 627.9 578.0 742.8 555.0 614.1 538.8

Table 2 Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry at 1988–89 prices1 5
£ million
Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Northern 349.2 278.3 231.2 255.9 214.2 166.5 150.8 110.4 154.0 116.9 133.7 109.9
Yorkshire and Humberside 82.2 60.5 83.0 89.3 71.5 45.9 52.3 41.3 46.7 41.3 49.8 30.4
East Midlands3 7.5 7.7 7.3 12.5 18.5 21.8 12.5 9.7 11.9 10.1 8.9 8.9
South West 21.1 20.2 18.3 21.4 22.2 15.4 17.5 14.0 25.6 15.7 14.6 10.0
West Midlands4 0.9 0.2 — — — — — 7.5 11.3 20.1 25.6 18.8
North West 6250.5 6163.3 6207.0 6251.9 6167.3 6133.0 127.8 100.2 145.1 84.4 81.9 69.6
England2 711.4 530.1 546.7 631.0 493.6 382.8 360.8 283.1 394.7 288.4 314.6 247.2
Wales 290.3 188.7 272.3 286.2 246.1 154.8 181.4 161.5 170.1 141.8 148.2 123.7
Scotland 343.1 254.6 309.2 337.0 499.2 295.0 230.3 229.9 273.6 164.0 151.2 135.0
Great Britain2 1,344.8 973.4 1,128.3 1,254.3 1,239.1 832.6 772.3 674.4 838.4 594.2 614.1 505.9

Table 3
Index 1988–89 prices
1978–79 45.5
1979–80 53.1
1980–81 62.9
1981–82 69.0
1982–83 74.0
1983–84 77.5
1984–85 81.3
1985–86 85.7
1986–87 88.6
1987–88 93.4
1988–89 100.0
1989–90 106.5

Notes to tables 1, 2 and 3:

1. All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries.

2. The totals do not always equal the sum of the component parts because of rounding.

3. Includes some minor expenditure in west midlands in respect of Oswestry TTWA which ceased to be an assisted area in 1982–83.

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 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, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.