§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will provide a table of expenditure of his Department's programmes of assistance to industry broken down by programme and cross-referenced for standard regions, showing Greater London as a separate region, for each year from 1987–88(a) at current prices and (b) at 1987–88 prices.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information sought is not available except at disproportionate cost. However, a breakdown by region of expenditure on the Department of Trade and Industry's programmes of regional assistance to industry and for other industrial support under the Industrial Development Act 1982, including the consultancy initiatives, is provided in the appendices to the Industrial Development Act 1982 annual reports. Total expenditure on each of the Department's programmes is shown in the annual appropriation accounts.