HC Deb 09 December 1993 vol 234 c342W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total budget allocated by his Department to regional organisations in 1992–93 in (i) the northern region and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Sainsbury

My Department's Invest in Britain Bureau paid £1,410,000 in grant in aid to the Northern Development Company for inward investment purposes in the financial year 1992–93 from a total budget of £5 million for the five regional development organisations in England.