§ Mr. KempTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Houghton and Washington, East of his Department's actions since 2 May 1997. [152990]
§ Mr. CabornIt is not possible to quantify the direct effect of all the Department's policies and actions. However, we do hold statistical information on the programmes administered by the Department and the expected effects of that funding in the Houghton and Washington, East constituency are set out in the table.
Nature of funding Number of companies Amount offered (£) Jobs created Jobs safeguarded 1997–98 Regional Selective Assistance 15 1,080,000 373 1 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 1 45,000 1— 1— 1998–99 Regional Selective Assistance 25 2,984,000 683 70 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 0 0 0 0 1999–2000 Regional Selective Assistance 21 2,238,000 480 15 Enterprise Grants 0 0 0 0 SMART 0 178,400 5 33 2000–01 Regional Selective Assistance 4 4,606,000 242 3,500 Enterprise Grants 6 185,250 30 0 SMART 0 0 0 0 1 Not known