HC Deb 01 December 1994 vol 250 c809W
Mr. Hutton

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 23 November,Official Report, column, 208, if he will list those development and intermediate areas in the North-West where applications for regional selective assistance have been refused.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The information is listed in the following table:

Travel to work area Number rejected (1 April 1993 to 31 March 1994
Accrington and Rossendale 4
Barrow-in-Furness 4
Blackburn 2
Bolton and Bury 5
Liverpool 23
Manchester 28
Oldham 3
Rochdale 3
Widnes and Runcorn 5
Wigan and St. Helens 19
Wirral and Chester 12
Workington 5
Project location undecided 10
Total 123