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Sir Russell Fairgrieve
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will set out his powers of direction in respect of the National Enterprise Board.
Mr. Butcher
The powers are set out in section 7 of the Industry Act 1975, and enable the Secretary of State to give the board directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise of its functions.
Number of applications | Value of applications £ million | Number of offers made | Value of offers made £ million | |
Scotland | ||||
1979 | 364 | 108·4 | 183 | 39·2 |
1980 | 89 | 29·2 | 226 | 38·7 |
1981 | 164 | 56·6 | 122 | 41·0 |
1982* | 268 | 52·5 | 236 | 43·9 |
Wales | ||||
1979 | 237 | 35·5 | 202 | 21·9 |
1980 | 119 | 33·0 | 111 | 29·2 |
1981 | 203 | 30·6 | 130 | 18·6 |
1982* | 253 | 30·0 | 197 | 25·1 |
North East | ||||
1979 | 182 | 32·3 | 140 | 25·4 |
1980 | 73 | 25·9 | 82 | 32·0 |
1981 | 61 | 16·0 | 53 | 11·5 |
1982* | 145 | 28·3 | 102 | 12·2 |
North West | ||||
1979 | 470 | 63·5 | 376 | 45·3 |
1980 | 243 | 40·2 | 150 | 27·5 |
1981 | 163 | 26·2 | 86 | 13·8 |
1982* | 330 | 35·8 | 172 | 15·7 |
Yorkshire/Humberside | ||||
1979 | 228 | 21·5 | 192 | 13·9 |
1980 | 45 | 5·6 | 122 | 7·2 |
1981 | 157 | 24·1 | 99 | 12·3 |
1982* | 271 | 25·4 | 168 | 11·4 |
East Midlands | ||||
1979 | 43 | 5·7 | 32 | 0·7 |
1980 | 22 | 3·9 | 24 | 2·6 |
1981 | 91 | 12·0 | 43 | 4·1 |
1982* | 113 | 17·4 | 83 | 11·4 |
West Midlands | ||||
1979 | 3 | 0·07 | 2 | Neg |
1980 | — | — | 1 | Neg |
1981 | — | — | — | — |
1982* | — | — | — | — |
South West | ||||
1979 | 62 | 7·5 | 55 | 5·3 |
1980 | 19 | 1·5 | 20 | 1·4 |
1981 | 37 | 6·7 | 25 | 1·6 |
1982* | 31 | 2·2 | 25 | 5·0 |
*January-November only. |