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Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Monday, 22 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 October 2007. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Regional Development Grants

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many (a) research grants and (b) development grants were made by each regional development agency (RDA) in each of the last five years; what the value of each of those grants was; and what the total budget for each RDA was for each type of grant in each year.
Answer

The number of grants for Research and Development given by Regional Development Agencies in each of the last five years is set out in the following tables.There were a large number of research and development grant issued during theperiod and information on the value of each individual grant, which is not held centrally, can be obtained only at disproportionate costs.My Department does not set the RDA budgets for research and development as RDAs have been given flexibility to use their single budgets on the key regional priorities identified by their Boards. The amounts each RDA has spent in total on research and development is shown in the following tables.

Number and value of grant for R and D offers made 2002-03
Research Development
Region Number Value (£) Number Value (£)
East 104 4,566,175 63 5,205,274
East Midlands 31 1,386,516 38 3,546,216
London 43 2,106,426 31 1,816,641
North East 24 1,057,084 12 461,036
North West 74 3,273,547 60 3,615,514
South East 127 3,168,398 71 6,717,617
South West 29 1,290,119 36 1,108,151
West Midlands 28 1,083,382 15 1,308,370
Yorks and Humber 37 1,608,495 61 3,178,704
Number and value of grant for R and D offers made 2003-04
Research Development
Region Number Value (£) Number Value (£)
East 113 5,513,048 61 6,841,673
East Midlands 29 1,293,055 35 2,537,226
London 66 3,450,712 43 4,246,077
North East 20 909,488 17 1,374,583
North West 74 3,719,914 71 4,531,199
South East 108 5,107,287 95 7,808,286
South West 12 623,849 34 2,089,794
West Midlands 12 515,276 24 2,228,142
Yorks and Humber 52 2,464,041 53 4,174,226
Number and value of grant for R and D offers made 2004-05
Research Development
Region Number Value (£) Number Value (£)
East 28 1,777,014 37 4,008,912
East Midlands 12 712,592 10 984,615
London 30 2,021,920 18 2,721,788
North East 8 468,736 21 2,108,381
North West 18 1,143,120 35 4,405,885
South East 13 751,946 30 2,705,912
South West 6 242,638 13 1,080,915
West Midlands 10 594,287 19 1,826,892
Yorks and Humber 21 1,356,361 28 1,746,950
Number and value of grant for R and D offers made 2005-06
Research Development
Region Value(£) Number Number Value(£)
East 18 1,111,361 9 1,234,000
East Midlands 7 464,950 21 1,958,931
London 17 1,163,236 14 2,055,717
North East 4 202,312 18 1,149,848
North West 6 447,590 11 1,505,211
South East 26 1,601,827 36 2,464,127
South West 3 190,418 5 170,742
West Midlands 8 428,941 12 1,215,036
Yorks and Humber 17 1,078,164 23 2,353,779
Number and value of grant for R and D offers made 2006-07
Research Development
Region Number Value(£) Number Value(£)
East 17 1,182,781 21 2,273,295
East Midlands 20 1,298,162 41 3,957,424
London 8 561,985 20 1,242,743
North East 14 1,007,465 21 1,787,300
North West 11 665,560 36 3,542,250
South East 28 1,822,506 25 2,150,210
South West 8 425,393 19 1,745,828
West Midlands 11 628,878 15 1,038,758
Yorks and Humber 10 634,792 33 2,815,132

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
160626; 465 c1335-7W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Regional development grants
Link
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