§ Mr. PrescottTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the expenditure on regional selective assistance offers accepted by companies in(a) 199–92, (b) 1992–93, (c) 1993–94 and (d) 1994–95;
Year Number of offers accepted Value of offers accepted (£ million) Of which overseas-owned firms (£ million) Of which overseas-owned firms (percentage) Cost-per-job for all accepted offers for manufacturing projects (£) 1991–92 160 52.3 13.8 26 6,155 1992–93 198 72.3 36.2 50 6,702 1993–94 239 127.3 68.1 54 7,747 1994–95 246 112.7 73.8 65 7,636 Data are given by reference to offers accepted rather than expenditure defrayed. To link annual offer data to expenditure can give misleading results, since assisted projects and thus grant expenditure will typically cover a number of years.