§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the amount of regional preferential assistance paid to each standard region of
Table 1 Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry at current prices1 £ million Region Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands3 South West West Midlands4 North West England2 Wales Scotland Great Britain2 1978–79 158.8 37.4 3.4 9.6 0.2 6114.1 323.5 132.1 156.1 611.7 1979–80 147.8 32.1 4.1 10.3 0.1 689.4 283.8 112.9 135.2 531.9 1980–81 151.6 52.7 4.7 12.6 0.1 6137.5 359.2 175.3 194.5 729.0 1981–82 176.6 61.6 8.6 14.8 — 6173.8 435.4 197.5 232.5 865.4 1982–83 158.5 52.9 13.6 16.4 — 6123.8 365.2 182.1 369.4 916.7 1983–84 129.0 35.6 16.9 11.9 — 6103.1 296.5 120.0 228.6 645.1 1984–85 122.6 42.5 10.2 14.2 — 103.9 293.4 147.5 187.1 628.0 1985–86 94.6 35.4 8.3 12.0 6.4 85.9 242.6 138.4 197.0 578.0 1986–87 136.4 41.4 10.5 22.7 10.0 128.6 349.6 150.7 242.4 742.7 1987–88 109.6 39.0 9.4 14.9 19.5 79.2 271.6 132.4 153.2 557.2 1988–89 134.6 50.5 8.8 14.8 26.6 82.6 317.9 148.2 151.2 617.3 1989–90 117.3 32.5 9.5 10.7 20.0 74.5 264.5 131.7 144.6 540.8 1990–91 85.0 29.4 5.5 8.9 18.0 57.5 204.3 133.7 159.1 497.1
Table 2 Government expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry at 1989–90 prices1 5 £ million Region Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands3 South West West Midlands4 North West England2 Wales Scotland Great Britain2 1978–79 371.9 87.6 8.0 22.5 0.5 6267.2 757.6 309.4 365.6 1,432.6 1979–80 296.8 64.5 8.2 20.7 0.2 6179.5 569.9 226.7 271.5 1,068.1 1980–81 256.9 89.3 8.0 21.4 — 6233.1 608.8 297.1 329.7 1,235.6 1981–82 273.0 95.2 13.3 22.9 — 6268.6 673.0 305.3 359.4 1,337.6 1982–83 228.7 76.3 19.6 23.7 — 6178.6 527.0 262.8 533.0 1,322.8 1983–84 177.9 49.1 23.3 16.4 — 6142.6 409.0 165.5 315.3 889.8 1984–85 161.1 55.8 13.4 18.7 — 136.5 385.5 193.8 245.9 825.2 1985–86 117.8 44.1 10.3 14.9 8.0 107.0 302.1 172.4 245.3 719.8 1986–87 164.1 49.8 12.6 27.3 12.0 154.8 420.7 181.3 291.7 893.7 1987–88 125.3 44.6 10.7 17.0 22.3 90.5 310.4 151.3 175.1 636.8 1988–89 143.2 53.7 9.4 15.7 28.3 87.9 338.2 157.7 160.9 656.7 1989–90 117.3 32.5 9.5 10.7 20.0 74.5 264.5 131.7 144.6 540.8 1990–91 78.8 27.3 5.1 8.3 16.7 53.3 189.5 124.0 147.6 461.1 310W
Table 3 Index 1989–90 prices 1978–79 42.7 1979–80 49.8 1980–81 59.0 1981–82 64.7 1982–83 69.3 1983–84 72.5 1984–85 76.1 1985–86 80.3 1986–87 83.1 1987–88 87.5 1988–89 94.0 1989–90 100.0 1990–91 107.8 1991–92 115.3 1992–93 120.5 1993–94 125.0 1994–95 128.7 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. LeighThe requested information with regard to regional preferential assistance from 1978–79 to the most recent year is as follows:
311W1 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 lands 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.