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Regional Development

Volume 28: debated on Friday 30 July 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the total value of offers of regional assistance made to companies for each region of the United Kingdom in the last month for which statistics are available.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982, c. 535]: Selective assistance has been made available to companies under section 7 of the Industry Act in May 1982 as follows:

Offer Value
£ million
Scotland3·8
Wales6·8
North East1·0
North West2·1
Yorkshire/Humberside1·2
South West0·1
East Midlands1·3
Total GB16·3
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland offered assistance of £2·4 million in May 1982 under the Industry Development Acts (NI) 1966 and 1971.I regret that figures for the payment of regional development grants are not available in the form requested. Payments of RDGs between 1 April and 30 June 1982 were as follows:

£ million
Scotland26·9
Wales24·2
Northern16·4
Yorkshire/Humberside7·3
East Midlands1·2
South West2·1
North West18·1
Total GB96·2
Belfast region—Expenditure in period 1979–80 to 1981–82
PeriodDistrict 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7
£££££££
New Build1979–802,095,9922,456,4101,153,570722,7641,674,0673,999,9241,236,909
(Payments to Contractors)1980–811,588,6943,218,8702,500,6471,854,7363,069,2625,117,1012,630,782
1981–822,392,2556,198,9293,833,4533,042,7673,098,6884,765,4023,481,076
6,076,94111,874,2097,487,6705,620,2677,842,01713,882,4277,348,767
Rehabilitation/Improvement/Modernisation—Payments (includes purchase of dwellings, professional fees etc.1979–801,024,090908,380685,0381,291,978911,9871,814,0972,591,210
1980–811,300,0331,854,190646,5382,722,1342,200,0292,466,8572,498,941
1981–821,290,2782,944,1691,213,8113,730,4912,814,1952,593,7062,917,966
3,614,4015,706,7392,545,3877,744,6035,926,2116,874,6608,008,117
Grants—Payment to applicants(excludes repair and insulation grants1979–80572,460685,018834,347367,613289,470340,2471,372,684
1980–81631,9531,062,4681,175,598411,426313,373714,4641,712,601
1981–82578,5761,714,055997,378390,668426,349965,0491,858,792
1,782,9893,461,5413,007,3231,169,7071,029,1922,019,7604,944,077
Response and Planned1979–801,044,816581,360926,373552,558857,790576,467163,476
Maintenance1980–81884,423474,8991,213,843601,7631,010,767661,445229,315
1981–821,032,303639,1941,527,932722,0881,074,470648,712433,623
2,961,5421,695,4533,668,1481,876,4092,943,0271,886,624826,414