§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the total of applications, offers and payments made under the SPUR scheme as at 1 October 1992, the same information for each region and each region's share of the total.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 19 October 1992]: Applications, offers and payments made under the Support for Products under Research—SPUR—scheme as at 1 October 1992 were as follows: 277W
Applications Offers Payments Region Number Per cent. of total Number Value £ million Per cent. of total by value Value £ million Per cent. of total East 25 6.5 12 1.40 7.8 0.08 6.0 East Midlands 19 4.9 14 1.15 6.4 0.13 9.8 North East 10 2.6 7 0.60 3.3 0.04 3.0 North West 90 23.4 46 3.32 18.5 0.17 12.8 South East 60 15.6 31 3.38 18.8 0.21 15.8 South West 41 10.6 14 1.26 7.0 0.11 8.3 West Midlands 32 8.3 24 1.40 7.8 0.10 7.5 Yorks/Humberside 52 13.5 27 1.74 9.7 0.20 15.0 Wales 25 6.5 14 1.15 6.4 0.04 3.0 Scotland 31 8.1 23 2.54 14.2 0.25 18.8 Total 385 — 212 17.94 — 1.33 —