Business Support Schemes

HC Deb 11 January 1994 vol 235 cc178-9W

Mr. Tipping

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much money has been spent under each scheme available for supporting businesses from his Department in 1993–94 in each county of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and each region of Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. McLouglin

A breakdown by county of the Department's schemes for business support is not available except at disproportionate cost. However, the table shows expenditure to the end of November 1993 for those schemes which give direct grant or support to business, broken down by region where that is possible. Schemes covering England often have counterparts funded by the territorial departments. A regional breakdown of expenditure on the Department's business support schemes under the Industrial Development Act 1982 is provided in the appendices to the Industrial Development Act 1982 annual reports.

	£000
England only (Regional breakdown not available)
Locally delivered business services through Business Links and Training and Enterprise Councils	7,997

	£000
Schemes covering Great Britain (Regional breakdown not avoilable)
Consultancy Initiatives	35,659
Locally delivered business services through Chambers of Commerce	140

	£000
Schemes covering United Kingdom (Regional breakdown not available)
Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme	11,511
NE=North East Region, NW=North West Region
EM=East Midland Region, WM=West Midland Region
YH=Yorkshire and Humberside Region, SW=South West Region