HC Deb 16 July 1996 vol 281 cc462-3W
Mr. Jamieson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 18 June,Official Report, columns 457–58, if he will list (a) the number and (b) the date of applications to his Department's south-west regional office for regional selective assistance that can be readily identified as being prepared by company W since 1990; and how many applications have been received by his Department's south-west office since this date. [35266]

Mr. Oppenheim

[holding answer 1 July 1996]: The Department has examined all the cases which have been considered by the South West industrial development board since 1990 and subsequently been the subject of a grant offer. Company W appears to have prepared 23 out of the 99 cases falling into this category. The application dates of these cases were:

  • 6 June and 29 October 1991;
  • 1 September 1992;
  • 5 January, 14 June, 8, 22 and 28 October and 2 December 1993;
  • 6, and 24 January, 18 April, 6 May, 15 June, 5 and 12 July and 24 November 1994;
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  • 6 February, 1 March and 1 and 2 November 1995;
  • 23 February and 15 March 1996.

I can say with confidence that Mr. Harris was not present for any of the subsequent discussion on the applications submitted by this company.

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