§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance has been given to manufacturing companies in Coventry since 1997. [66158]
§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 4 July 2002]: It is not feasible to cite details of individual grants that have been awarded to Coventry based manufacturing companies. However, the following grants and assistance have been available for all or part of the period in question:
Regional Selective Assistance; Enterprise Grants; New SMART; SMART; SPUR; Regional Enterprise Grants—including Regional Innovation Grants and Regional Investment Grants; and the European funded "Accelerate" scheme. Additionally, modernisation and diversification support has been offered to businesses as a result of the recommendations of the Rover Task Force.