asked Her Majesty's Government:What grant they have paid to the Northern Development Company in each year since its formation.

Since the Northern Development Company effectively started on 1st April 1987, it has received or been offered grant from Government which, for each year, amounted to:

Year	DTI Grant	DTI Grant	DEm Grant	Total
	Inward	Core
	investment	Programme
	£	£	£	£
1987/88	908,000	180,000	30,000	1,118,000
1988/89	935,000	200,000	30,000	1,165,000
1989/90	981,000	200,000	30,000	1,211,000
1990/91	1,180,000		30,000	1,210,000

The NDC is funded by the Department of Trade and Industry for inward investment activities. For the three years 1987/88 to 1989/90, the NDC received additional pump priming funding from the DTI to fund a "core programme" of activities aimed at encouraging regional regeneration in the North of England. The Department of Employment also provides co-funding of certain NDC activities.