HC Deb 16 November 1998 vol 319 cc430-2W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the value of grants awarded to(a) inward investors, (b) existing indigenous UK companies and (c) new indigenous companies, in the last year for which figures are available, for each constituency in the West Midlands. [59544]

Mrs. Roche

The following figures show the value of Regional Selective Assistance grants offered in the West Midlands Assisted Area in the year to 31 March 1998 to foreign owned companies, existing indigenous UK companies and new indigenous companies by constituency.

(a) Foreign Owned Companies:
Constituency Number of offers Amount Offered £
Birmingham Erdington 1 95,000
Birmingham Selly Oak 1 750,000
Birmingham Sparkbrook 1 1,650,000
Coventry South East 1 200,000
Coventry South West 2 1,800,000
Dudley East 1 200,000
North Warwickshire 1 22,500,000
(a) Foreign Owned Companies:
Constituency Number of offers Amount Offered £
Nuneaton 1 30,000
South East Staffordshire 1 500,000
Sutton Coldfield 1 1,100,000
Walsall North 1 45,000
Warley West 1 30,000
Wolverhampton North East 1 94,000
Total 14 28,994,000
(b) Existing indigenous UK companies:
Constituency Number of offers Amount Offered £
Aldridge-Brownhills 1 65,000
Birmingham Erdington 3 53,500
Birmingham Hodge Hill 2 75,000
Birmingham Ladywood 10 342,000
Birmingham Perry Barr 1 40,000
Birmingham Selly Oak 1 50,000
Birmingham Small Heath 12 768,000
Birmingham Sparkbrook 8 128,000
Birmingham Yardley 2 215,000
Cannock and Burntwood 2 25,000
Coventry North East 2 110,000
Coventry North West 2 220,000
Coventry South East 1 60,000
Dudley East 4 54,000
Dudley West 2 22,000
Halesowen and Stourbridge 3 71,000
Mid Staffordshire 1 75,000
Mid Worcestershire 1 35,000
North Warwickshire 6 110,000
Nuneaton 2 160,000
Solihull 1 70,000
South East Staffordshire 4 79,000
South Staffordshire 2 40,000
Stratford-On-Avon 1 50,000
Walsall North 3 42,000
Walsall South 4 238,000
Warley East 2 85,000
Warley West 5 454,000
West Bromwich East 2 40,000
West Bromwich West 6 118,000
Wolverhampton North East 7 192,000
Wolverhampton South East 7 625,000
Wolverhampton South West 1 25,000
Total 111 4,736,500
(c) New indigenous companies
Constituency Number of offers Amount Offered £
Birmingham Ladywood 1 20,000
Coventry North East 1 90,000
Coventry South East 1 25,000
Mid Worcestershire 1 15,000
South East Staffordshire 2 16,000
Walsall North 2 17,000
(c) New indigenous companies:
Constituency Number of offers Amount offered £
Wolverhampton North East 1 25,000
Wolverhampton South East 1 30,000
Total 10 238,000