§ Mr. PrescottTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the average annual expenditure on regional selective assistance per head of working population in(a) development areas and (b) intermediate areas in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (ii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) each of the English regions for the years 1990–91 to 1994–95. [22247]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 22 March 1996]: The figures are as follows.
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RSA expenditure per head of working population £ 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 DA IA DA IA DA IA DA IA DA IA East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 East Midlands 23 27 10 27 15 7 8 0 23 7 North-East 26 18 28 7 27 7 31 15 31 44 North-West and Merseyside 18 15 15 16 13 12 19 9 30 13 London and South-East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 South-West 17 13 23 15 22 13 43 8 43 12 West Midlands 0 10 0 5 0 6 0 15 3 13 Yorkshire and Humberside 32 5 16 5 14 6 8 8 23 15 England 23 10 21 7 19 7 21 8 23 12 Scotland 48 27 46 25 47 12 53 23 61 19 Wales 31 24 73 32 93 27 6 45 198 26 Great Britain 32 13 34 12 36 10 33 15 41 15 1. Some expenditure in 1993–94 and 1994–95 would have resulted from offers of grant made prior to the Assisted Area map change in August 1993.
2. The definition of the development areas and intermediate areas used is:-
- 1990–91 to 1992–93—assisted area map prior to the changes in August 1993
- 1993–94 to 1994–95—assisted area map following the changes in August 1993
3. The figures for working population used in the calculation are derived as follows:-
- 1990–91 and 1991–92—1991 figures based on the definition of the assisted areas prior to the map changes
- 1990–92—1993 figures based on the definition of the assisted areas prior to the map changes
- 1993–94 and 1994–95—1994 figures based on the definition of the assisted areas following the map changes
4. The figures take account of the division of certain travel-to-work areas between development areas and intermediate areas
5. London and the south-east regions and the north-west and Merseyside regions have been combined because of the difficulties in fitting travel-to-work areas to regional boundaries.