§ Mr. LockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list (i) the names of the beneficiaries of all the discretionary grants awarded by his Department to organisations within Worcestershire during 1998, (ii) their monetary value, (iii) their total value and (iv) the proportion that total sum comprises of the total sums awarded by his Department in discretionary grants in 1998. [75251]
§ Mr. WillsIf organisations can be interpreted as companies, we can provide the following information about the RSA, Smart and SPUR schemes for the calendar year 1998 in Worcestershire.
(i) & (ii) Regional Selective Assistance Company name Value of offer (£) Premier Bathrooms Ltd. 35,000 Advanced Casting Co Ltd. 45,000 Metal Pressings Group Ltd 80,000 (iii) Total value of these offers = £160,000
(iv) Total RSA offered in the West Midlands Assisted Area in 1998 was £36,614,000. On that basis, RSA offered in Worcestershire accounted for 0.43 per cent. of the total offered in the West Midlands.
Note:
Only a very small part of Worcestershire falls within the West Midlands Assisted Area.
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(i) & (ii) Smart and SPUR Company name Value of offer (£) C P Eng Systems Ltd. 88,391 Newbow Eng Industries Ltd. 45,000 D Parmenter 45,000 Lorica Research Ltd. 45,000 Bioriginal Ltd. 45,000 Spring Electronic Ltd. 44,071 Red Deer Herbs Ltd. 122,276 Enigma Research Ltd. 45,000 Greenfinch Ltd. 88,390
(i) & (ii) Smart and SPUR Company name Value of offer (£) Sencon Europe Ltd. 53,037 Haydon Marketing Ltd. 45,000 Arden Services 45,000 (iii) Total value of these offers = £711,165
(iv) Total Smart and SPUR offered in West Midlands in 1998 = £2,862,665. Therefore, Worcestershire received 25 per cent. of all grant offered on these schemes in the West Midlands during the calendar year.