§ Mr. PendryTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the companies in the north-west which benefited from the marketing initiative under the660W consultancy assistance scheme of the now defunct enterprise initiative.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 12 December 1994]: The take-up of the consultancy initiative by north- west companies, and their satisfaction with the scheme, were amongst the highest in the country. Since it started in January 1988, over 19,000 north-west companies have benefitted from the consultancy initiative. More than 3,500 companies chose the marketing option, although their names cannot be revealed for reasons of commercial confidentiality.