(2) how much funding was provided by regional development agencies to the video games industry in 2007-08.
The following table shows RDA funding to the video games industry in 2007-08.
RDA RDA funding to the video games sector in 2007-08 (£000) AWM 10 EEDA 62 EMDA 164 LDA 121 NWDA 166 ONE 471 SEEDA 20 SWERDA 20 YF 99 1 AWM does not directly support the ‘video games’ industry but has provided £800,000 in support to the development of the ‘Serious Games’ sector in the region. ‘Serious Games’ is the use of games technology for serious commercial purposes, allowing users to learn a new skill, rehearse a potentially dangerous/costly procedure, or explore a new process or design. 2 SEEDA and SWERDA have no programmes that specifically fund the video games sector. To identify the funding that has been provided from broader programmes would incur disproportionate cost.