§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) of 3 December 1993,Official Report, column 765, what was the total amount spent on (a) regional enterprise grants, (b) enterprise initiative schemes, (c) regional development grants and (d) regional selective assistance in 1992–93 in (i) the United Kingdom as a whole and (ii) each of the regions.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 25 January 1994]: Expenditure in 1992–93 on regional enterprise grants—REG; enterprise initiative schemes—EI; regional development grants—RDG; regional selective assistance—RSA is as follows.
£ million REG 1EI RDG RSA South East — 6.0 — — East — 11.0 — — Northern 1.5 22.0 8.3 28.1 North West 1.3 38.0 1.3 18.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 1.8 6.3 1.1 8.4 South West 0.8 4.7 — 5.1 East Midlands 0.3 4.0 0.3 0.6 West Midlands 0.1 6.5 — 10.7 England 5.8 48.5 11.0 71.1 Wales 1.1 3.8 5.5 58.8 Scotland 2.8 5.4 8.9 59.2 Great Britain 9.7 57.7 25.4 189.1 Northern Ireland — 0.4 — — United Kingdom5 9.7 458.6 25.4 189.1 1Expenditure relates to the Consultancy Initiative and the SMART and SPUR schemes. 2Northern region excluding Cumbria. 3North West region including Cumbria. 4Includes £0.5 million not allocated regionally. 5REG; RDG and RSA schemes operate only in Great Britain. Northern Ireland schemes are not directly comparable.