§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he has taken to review the effectiveness of United Kingdom regional policy.
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§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 18 March 1991]: My Department has an on-going programme for reviewing all schemes of support to industry, including regional policy instruments. A second-stage evaluation of regional enterprise grants was published earlier this month by HMSO, and a report on the evaluation of regional selective assistance covering the period 1980 to 1984 was published last year.