Written question asked by Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 2 March 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 1998. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Monday, 9 March 1998 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the expected out-turn expenditure by her Department in supporting the work of the Invest in Britain Bureau in the current financial year; and what were the corresponding sums spent in each of the past five years. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Wigley: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the expected out-turn expenditure by her Department in supporting the work of the Invest in Britain Bureau in the current financial year; and what were the corresponding sums spent in each of the past five years. [32979] Mr. Ian McCartney: The Department's Invest in Britain Bureau's forecast expenditure outturn on programme costs for 1997-98 is £13.7 million, consisting of £3.3 million for promotional activities and £10.4 million support for the English Regional Development Organisations. The forecast outturn on running costs for 1997-98 for IBB is £2.4 million. Corresponding figures for the previous five years are shown in the table. Invest in Britain Bureau expenditure £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Promotional activities Support for RDOs Running costs 1992-93 2.8 5.0 1.6 1993-94 2.8 5.8 1.7 1994-95 3.4 7.3 1.7 1995-96 3.7 8.8 2.3 1996-97 3.4 9.1 2.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 32979; 308 c72W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Expenditure Publicity Invest in Britain Bureau Regional development grants
Contains statistics: Yes