§ Mr. PrescottTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each of the English regions the expenditure on regional selective assistance offers accepted by companies in(a) 1991–92, (b) 1992–93, (c) 1993–94 and (d) 1994–95, the proportion of regional selective assistance expenditure on foreign-owned firms and regional selective assistance expenditure per employee in manufacturing. [12703]
§ Mr. EggarOffers of regional selective assistance accepted in the period 1991–92 to 1994–95 were as follows:
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RSA offers accepted £000 Preparation to foreign-owned firms Percentage Amount offered by head of employee in manufacturing projects £000 1991–92 East — — — East midlands 1,580 25 1,834 London — — — Merseyside 10,266 13 5,724 North east 16,912 15 3,944 North west 15,066 9 3,203 South east — — — South west 4,190 — 4,889
RSA offers accepted £000 Preparation to foreign-owned firms Percentage Amount offered by head of employee in manufacturing projects £000 West midlands 12,620 60 3,032 Yorkshire and Humberside 18,012 72 7,077 Total 78,646 33 4,111 1992–93 East — — — East midlands 848 18 2,681 London — — — Merseyside 8,861 42 6,719 North east 25,225 49 6,312 North west 18,773 32 4,281 South east — — — South west 6,376 41 5,643 West midlands 7,921 40 2,809 Yorkshire and Humberside 11,463 25 3,647 Total 79,467 39 4,623 1993–94 East 240 — 3,169 East midlands 4,244 50 2,947 London 116 — 3,562 Merseyside 13,920 38 4,375 North east 33,698 50 5,870 North west 18,240 12 3,252 South east 478 — 3,093 South west 8,486 30 5,149 West midlands 21,950 32 3,656 Yorkshire and Humberside 17,225 13 3,756 Total 118,597 32 4,140 1994–95 East 2,782 — 2,525 East midlands 5,546 30 3,006 London 2,396 — 2,419 Merseyside 13,541 41 3,820 North east 37,681 51 5,730 North west 25,382 43 2,939 South east 3,116 — 5,471 South west 14,321 27 4,771 West midlands 33,231 48 4,361 Yorkshire and Humberside 22,520 10 5,519 Total 160,522 37 4,335
§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the value of regional selective assistance grants in each intermediate and development area in 1994 and 1995. [12388]
§ Mr. OppenheimOffers of regional selective assistance accepted in 1994 and 1995 were as follows:
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£000 1994 1995 DA IA DA IA East — 2,273 — 1,844 East Midlands 4,190 2,229 1,739 4,263 London — 1,102 — 3,643 Merseyside 12,104 357 14,679 150 North-east 27,680 1,455 33,940 957
£000 1994 1995 DA IA DA IA North-west 5,845 17,470 5,665 10,278 South-east 1,383 1,502 2,148 3,777 South-west 3,845 11,170 2,518 9,005 West Midlands 10,252 20,704 19,467 9,949 Yorkshire and Humberside 6,780 9,781 6,492 14,863 Total 72,079 68,043 86,648 58,729