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Business Development

Volume 168: debated on Friday 9 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the take-up in Lancashire of his various programmes of assistance to encourage business development.

The information provided details of the take-up in Lancashire of current DTI programmes of assistance.All figures given are from the date in brackets to the end of January 1990:Enterprise Initiative (January 1988): 1,031 business reviews have been carried out. Of these, 857 have been referred for consultancy advice; 333 of these projects have been completed.Regional selective assistance (November 1984): in the Blackburn Accrington and Rossendale travel-to-work area and the West Lancashire part of the Liverpool travel-to-work area, 248 offers have been made totalling £27,057,463.Small firms merit award for research and technology (SMART) (October 1988): two offers have been made totalling £74,350.