§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give(a) the total expenditure on business consultancy development initiatives for each of the standard regions and Great Britain and for each of the years 1989–90 to 1991–92 inclusive and (b) the total expenditure for business consultancy development initiatives in each of the assisted areas in Scotland for the years 1989–90 to 1991–92.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 29 October 1992]: Total payments on enterprise initiative consultancy projects for each DTI region for each of the years 1989–90 to 1991–92 are shown in the table. A breakdown of expenditure in assisted areas in Scotland is not available.
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Expenditure on the CI's by region 1989–90 to 1991–92 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 North East 1,709 2,287 3,119 North West 6,192 7,002 6,905 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,987 4,723 5,969
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 West Midlands 4,343 4,963 6,912 East Midlands 2,136 2,654 3,694 South West 2,491 2,981 3,795 East 1,922 2,316 3,227 South East 6,905 7,751 11,157 Scotland 3,631 3,137 4,248 Wales 2,278 2,418 3,108 Total 35,594 40,232 52,134