§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will break down how funding allocated as other support for small business has been awarded in 2003–04; and what amounts were allocated in each year since 1997. [147794]
§ Nigel GriffithsI refer the hon. Member to Chapter 8 of the DTI Departmental Report 2003(Cm 5916) which 1045W sets out expenditure on small business programmes as a whole; and in particular to figure 8.5 on page 104 of that report (reproduced below). The figures in the table
Figure 8.5 Expenditure on small business and enterprise Main estimates 2003–04 RfRl Functions A, M and V (promotion of enterprise, innovation and productivity) £ million 2001–02 Outturn 2002–03 Working Provision 2003–04 Plans 2004–05 Plans 2005–06 Plans Small Business Service (and corresponding earlier activity) 274.8 423.4 404.8 367.0 387.0 Of which: Local Network1 141.2 143.4 144.0 144.0 144.0 Farm Business Advice Service (gross) 4.8 7.5 2.3 0 0 Business Link call handling and website 9.2 21.4 12.0 12.0 12.0 Business Gov 0 6.3 7.7 15.0 35.0 Phoenix Fund 12.9 35.0 30.0 25.0 25.0 DTI spend on TCS and STEP 13.7 17.2 18.5 18.5 18.5 Enterprise Fund (including SFLGS net) 39.2 93.9 87.5 87.5 87.5 Smart 23.7 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 Enterprise Grants 0 17.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 Business Incubation Fund 0 20.0 25.0 0 0 Other Support 30.1 34.7 26.8 14.0 14.0 1 The Local Network includes Start-ups; Core Services funding; and Local Network Development. Similar information on expenditure on small business and enterprise is contained within corresponding reports for earlier years (Cm 5416; Cm 5112; Cm 4611; Cm 4211), although direct comparisons may be inappropriate due to departmental reorganisation. The outturn for those years was as follows:
£ million 1997–98 Outturn 1998–99 Outturn 1999–00 Outturn 2000–01 Outturn 171.3 152.0 194.1 277.2