§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what sum of money has been allocated for the manufacturing, planning and implementation studies programmes for 1993–94; what proportion thereof had been allocated as at 31 December; and how many (i) successful, (ii) unsuccessful and (iii) pending applications there have been for assistance under the programme.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe forecast for the grant payments under the manufacturing planning and implementation studies programme is £3.5 million for 1993–94, of which £2.9 million had been committed on 31 December 1993. Total grant payments for the scheme is £8.75 million.
A total of 312 applications were received by the closing date, 31 May 1993. A total of 120 cases were successful and have been awarded grant status; a further 28 applications are pending. Fifty-nine applications were unsuccessful; the remainder chose not to pursue their applications.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what sum of money has been allocated for publicity and promotion of the manufacturing, planning and implementation studies programmes for 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe manufacturing planning and implementation studies programme was launched in February 1991. The spend profile for promotion is as follows:
£ February 1991 to March 1992 75,000 April 1992 to May 1993 52,793 This gives a total of £127,793 for the promotion of the programme. Since the closure of the scheme to new applications on 31 May 1993 there has been no further promotion spend.
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