HC Deb 07 December 1993 vol 234 cc145-6W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the budget allocated by his Department during 1992–93 to(a) the Derwentside Industrial development agency, (b) the Shildon and Sedgefield development agency, (c) the East Durham Development Company, (d) the County Durham development agency, (e) the Northern Development Company Ltd., (f) the Teesside development corporation, (g) the Tyne and Wear development corporation, (h) the Tyne and Wear Development Company Ltd. and (i) the West Cumbria development agency.

Mr. Sainsbury

The figures are as follows:

  1. (a) nil
  2. (b) nil
  3. (c) £59,855
  4. (d) nil
  5. (e) £1,723,500
  6. (f) nil
  7. (g) nil
  8. (h) nil
  9. (i) nil

My Department is not the primary source of funding for these organisations. The regional and sub-regional development agencies listed are funded through a combination of local authority and, in some cases, private sector contributions. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment makes provision for the urban development corporations in his Estimates.