§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much selective financial assistance was given to companies outside the assisted areas in each year between 1989–90 and 2001–02; and what her estimate is for the current fiscal year(a) in cash terms and (b) at constant 2001–02 prices. [97242]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 12 February 2003]: Details of the Department's financial assistance to companies outside the assisted areas can be obtained in the annual Industrial Development Act reports which are available in the House of Commons Library. A number of national programmes have assisted companies both within and outside assisted areas but a breakdown of this expenditure could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Data for Scotland and Wales can be obtained from the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales respectively.