HC Deb 17 October 1995 vol 264 cc188-90W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of total regional development grants in the last five years have been allocated to each English and Welsh county and to Scotland. [35725]

Mr. Oppenheim

The information requested, based on offers of regional selective assistance accepted between 1 April 1990 and 31 March 1995, is as follows:

Per cent.
England
Cambridgeshire 0.10
Cheshire 1.09
Cleveland 2.16
Cornwall 1.50
Cumbria 0.86

Per cent.
Derbyshire 0.09
Devon 1.05
Dorset 0.09
Durham 2.06
East Sussex 0.01
Essex 0.07
Gloucestershire 0.08
Greater London 0.14
Greater Manchester 3.50
Hereford and Worcester 0.45
Humberside 3.35
Isle of Wight 0.05
Kent 0.19
Lancashire 1.14
Leicestershire 0.06
Lincolnshire 0.12
Merseyside 4.04
Norfolk 0.04
North Yorkshire 0.01
Northamptonshire 0.25
Northumberland 1.25
Nottinghamshire 0.36
Shropshire 0.45
South Yorkshire 2.26
Staffordshire 0.19
Suffolk 0.01
Tyne and Wear 3.83
Warwickshire 0.54
West Midlands 4.68
West Yorkshire 0.73
Wales
Clwyd 5.84
Dyfed 0.81
Gwent 5.81
Gwynedd 1.11
Mid Glamorgan 8.53
Powys 0.13
South Glamorgan 0.95
West Glamorgan 2.14
Scotland 37.90

Mr. Harvey

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total regional development grant per head allocated to each English and Welsh county and Scotland in the last five years; and what was the English average. [36724]

Mr. Oppenheim

The information requested, based on offers of regional selective assistance accepted between 1 April 1990 and 31 March 1995, is as follows:

Grant per head £
England
Cambridgeshire 2.11
Cheshire 16.04
Cleveland 55.05
Cornwall 45.05
Cumbria 24.91
Derbyshire 1.32
Devon 14.29
Dorset 1.94
Durham 48.36
East Sussex 0.28
Essex 0.60
Gloucestershire 2.21
Greater London 0.30
Greater Manchester 19.43

Grant per head £
Hereford and Worcester 9.22
Humberside 54.19
Isle of Wight 5.22
Kent 1.78
Lancashire 11.48
Leicestershire 0.93
Lincolnshire 2.89
Merseyside 39.88
Norfolk 0.74
North Yorkshire 0.21
Northamptonshire 6.06
Northumberland 58.08
Nottinghamshire 4.96
Shropshire 15.39
South Yorkshire 24.67
Staffordshire 2.64
Suffolk 0.14
Tyne and Wear 48.12
Warwickshire 15.80
West Midlands 25.37
West Yorkshire 4.97
Average Grant Per Head1 10.85
Wales
Clwyd 200.96
Dyfed 32.86
Gwent 184.45
Gwynedd 65.88
Mid Glamorgan 224.15
Powys 15.07
South Glamorgan 33.18
West Glamorgan 82.20
Scotland 105.78
1 Based on total population for England.