HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 c1089W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when, and for what purposes, Rover was recently granted regional selective assistance; and whether that was separate from the £129 million grant. [131824]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 21 July 2000]: To support the development of an all new leading-edge engine production facility to be built on a brownfield site at Harms Hall in the West Midlands.

This was separate from the £129 million offer in 1999.