HC Deb 03 July 2003 vol 408 cc427-8W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press. [120662]

Ms Hewitt

The following DTI senior civil service posts have been advertised since June 1999:

  • June 1999 to March 2000—6
  • April 2000 to March 2001—7
  • April 2001 to March 2002—9
  • April 2002 to March 2003—11
  • April 2003 to June 2003—4
each financial year since the RDA's inception; and of that how much has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford. [122681]

Jacqui Smith

The total amount of grant received by Advantage West Midlands from the European Regional Development Funds during each financial year since 1 April 1999 was:

Financial period Amount of grant claimed and paid (£)
1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 1,258,727
1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 942,643
1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 2,032,160
1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 3,073,058
1 April 2003 to 30 June 2003 (to date) 259,002

It is not possible to say how much European Regional Development grant has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford, as the majority of the projects for which Advantage West Midlands received European Regional Development Fund grant were cross-regional projects and the grant expenditure claimed in respect of those projects was not broken down by sub-region.

Paul Farrelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total amount of grant-in-aid utilised by Advantage West Midlands in the region under the heading applied to income and expenditure in each financial year since its inception; and of that how much has been spent in each year in(a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford. [122682]

Jacqui Smith

Expenditure is as follows:

All of these were advertised in the UK national press. But none was specifically advertised in the Scottish press.