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Written question asked by Julie Kirkbride (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 April 2001. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 April 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of each of the projects involving the Rover Task Force and indicate how much of the funding allocated to it remains to be distributed. - Inc table.
Answer

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of each of the projects involving the Rover taskforce and indicate how much of the funding allocated to it remains to be distributed. [156776] Mr. Byers: The following is a list of projects which I have approved and which count against the £129 million (originally offered to BMW for investment at Longbridge) which I made available to support good quality projects in the West Midlands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £{ 1} Initial actions and administrative uplift for Advantage West 300,536 Midlands (AWM) Modernisation of the automotive base 27,720,000 Diversifying the regional economy 20,152,000 Support to the workforce{2} 35,000 Support to families and the community 70,000 Regenerating the area{3} 22,250,000 Grants offered to firms under the Regional Selective Assistance 37,250,000 (RSA) scheme Support towards Staffordshire taskforce proposals 1,973,000 Acquisition of Industrial Land for the Automotive Sector 10,000,000 Proposals which are presently commercially sensitive 9,000,000 Total allocated against the £129 million 128,750,536 Total unallocated against the £129 million 249,464 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Estimated cost {2} This does not include expenditure by the Employment Service {3} The regeneration projects arising from the Rover taskforce final report have not yet been approved as I am awaiting details of these proposals. However, an amount of £22,000,000 has been allocated to these proposals and will count against the £129 million

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
156776; 366 c206W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Closures Cars Government assistance Job creation Manufacturing industries West Midlands BMW Rover Group Longbridge Task Force Longbridge
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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