To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table showing the cost to the Exchequer of enterprise zones in 1989–90 and the tax income forgone in 1989–90 for each enterprise zone.

[holding answer 22 January 1991]: Compensation for rate revenue forgone by local authorities is listed in the table. The latest available estimate for capital allowances is £70 million for 1987–88; this figure is only a broad indication based on several assumptions and cannot be split between individual enterprise zones.