§ Mr. MorganTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what progress he has made with the review of assisted areas; and what weight he will give to relative unemployment levels(a) on the post-1982 counting method, (b) the pre-1982 counting method and (c) gross domestic product per head relative to United Kingdom average in any revision he proposes to make to United Kingdom assisted area status designation and boundaries.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe Government indicated before the election that a review of the assisted areas map would be conducted early in this Parliament. We are now considering how to take that commitment forward and are looking at the criteria to he applied. I hope to make an announcement on this shortly.