Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 26 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 December 2004. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Thursday, 2 December 2004 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, what financial provision has been made for enterprise grants in each year since its inception; and what the uptake was in each year. - Inc table.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what financial provision has been made for enterprise grants in each year since its inception; and what the uptake was in each year. [200532] Nigel Griffiths: The enterprise grant scheme is now closed. Initially the scheme was allocated a budget of £45 million between January 2000 and March 2003. The scheme deadline was extended to March 2004. The uptake has been as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Expenditure (£ million) 2000-01 3.6 2001-02 10.2 2002-03 11.8 2003-04 13.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 200532; 428 c213-4W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Finance Grants Government assistance Small businesses Assisted areas Enterprise grant scheme
Contains statistics: Yes
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