§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was provided for regional preferential assistance in constant prices for each year, by region, for the period 1979–80 to 1990–91.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 16 December 1991]: The amounts spent on regional preferential assistance in Great Britain for the period 1979–80 to 1990–91 are set out in the table. The values are all expressed in terms of 1989–90 prices.
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Region 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 England2 569.9 608.8 673.0 527.0 409.0 385.5 302.1 420.7 310.4 338.2 264.5 189.5 Wales 226.7 297.1 305.3 262.8 165.5 193.8 172.4 181.3 151.3 157.7 131.7 124.0 Scotland 271.5 329.7 359.4 533.0 315.3 245.9 245.3 291.7 175.1 160.9 144.6 147.6 Great Britain2 1,068.1 1,235.6 1,337.6 1,322.8 889.8 825.2 719.8 893.7 636.8 656.7 540.8 461.1 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 1989–90 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.