To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish (a) tables showing the number of projects and total expenditure in each standard region under the enterprise initiative in each case expressed also as a percentage of the national total of expenditure and projects approved and (b) similar tables for each programme within the enterprise initiative.
[holding answer 30 November 1989]: The Enterprise Initiative is a comprehensive package of DTI services, including the consultancy initiatives, regional selective assistance (RSA), regional enterprise grants (REG), collaborative research programmes, the small firms merit award for research and technology (SMART), the enterprise and education initiative, the managing into the '90s programme and the export initiative.The information requested for project based programmes is as follows:
| Number of Consultancy Initiative Projects Approved and Total Actual Expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989 | ||||
| DTI Region/Country | Approved Projects | Per cent. | Actual expenditure (£'000) | Per cent. |
| Total | 26,453 | 57,887 | ||
| NE | 1,370 | 5·2 | 2,891 | 5·0 |
| NW | 4,126 | 15·6 | 10,859 | 18·8 |
| YH | 2,506 | 9·5 | 5,974 | 10·3 |
| WM | 2,741 | 10·4 | 6,803 | 11·8 |
| EM | 1,693 | 6·4 | 3,511 | 6·1 |
| SW | 2,153 | 8·1 | 4,074 | 7·0 |
| SE | 8,326 | 31·5 | 14,642 | 25·3 |
| SDA | 2,115 | 8·0 | 5,680 | 9·8 |
| WDA | 1,423 | 5·4 | 3,453 | 6·0 |
Notes:
1. A similar breakdown is not applicable to the Enterprise and Education Initiative, the Managing into the '90s programme or the Export Initiative, as these programmes do not offer individual project assistance to firms.
2. Information is provided by DTI Region and for Scotland and Wales as it is not available by standard economic region.
Number of regional selective assistance projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989
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DTI Region/Country
| Approved Projects
| Per cent.
| Actual expenditure (£'000)
| Per cent.
|
| Total | 2,836 | 36,467 | ||
| North East | 382 | 13·5 | 6,177 | 16·9 |
| North West | 551 | 19·4 | 5,092 | 14·0 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 251 | 8·9 | 3,436 | 9·4 |
| West Midlands | 799 | 28·2 | 6,037 | 16·6 |
| East Midlands | 38 | 1·3 | 211 | 0·6 |
| South West | 104 | 3·7 | 1,107 | 3·0 |
| South East | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 |
| Scottish Development Agency | 386 | 13·6 | 8,045 | 22·1 |
| Welsh Development Agency | 325 | 11·5 | 6,362 | 17·4 |
Number of regional enterprise grants projects approved and total actual expenditure from 1 April 1988 to 31 October 1989
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DTI Region/Country
| Approved Projects
| Per cent.
| Actual expenditure (£'000)
| Per cent.
|
| Total | 2,713 | 5,264 | ||
| North East | 738 | 27·2 | 1,286 | 24·4 |
| North West | 528 | 19·5 | 1,108 | 21·0 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 344 | 12·7 | 788 | 15·0 |
| West Midlands1 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 |
| East Midlands | 59 | 2·2 | 145 | 2·8 |
| South West | 212 | 7·8 | 272 | 5·2 |
| South East | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 |
| Scottish Development Agency | 476 | 17·5 | 1,036 | 19·7 |
| Welsh Development Agency | 356 | 13·1 | 629 | 11·9 |
1No assisted areas in the West Midlands. | ||||
Number of Small Firms Merit Awards for research and technology projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989
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DTI Region/Country
| Approved Projects
| Per cent.
| Actual expenditure (£'000)
| Per cent.
|
| Total | 347 | — | 13,502 | — |
| North East | 27 | 7·8 | 1,024 | 7·6 |
| North West | 34 | 9·8 | 1,335 | 9·9 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 23 | 6·6 | 896 | 6·6 |
| West Midlands | 37 | 10·7 | 1,471 | 10·9 |
| East Midlands | 30 | 8·6 | 1,164 | 8·6 |
| South West | 38 | 11·0 | 1,453 | 10·8 |
| South East | 96 | 27·7 | 3,773 | 27·9 |
| Scottish Development Association | 27 | 7·8 | 1,024 | 7·6 |
| Welsh Development Association | 35 | 10·1 | 1,362 | 10·1 |
Number of Collaborative Research Projects approved and total actual expenditure from 13 January 1988 to 31 October 1989
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DTI Region/Country
| Approved Projects
| Per cent.
| Actual expenditure (£'000)
| Per cent.
|
| Total | 396 | — | 97,416 | — |
| North East | 3 | 0·8 | 683 | 0·7 |
| North West | 34 | 8·6 | 9,476 | 9·7 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 21 | 5·3 | 3,977 | 4·1 |
| West Midlands | 55 | 13·9 | 13,250 | 13·6 |
| East Midlands | 45 | 11·4 | 4,700 | 4·8 |
| South West | 18 | 4·5 | 5,526 | 5·7 |
| Eastern | — | — | — | — |
| South East | 212 | 53·5 | 59,127 | 60·7 |
| Scottish Development Association | 8 | 2·0 | 677 | 0·7 |
| Welsh Development Association | — | — | — | — |