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, how many businesses have been assisted by enterprise grants; and to what value in each (a) region and (b) constituency since 2000. - Inc table.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses have been assisted by Enterprise Grants; and to what value in each (a) region and (b) constituency since 2000. [200539] Nigel Griffiths: The number of Enterprise Grants awarded and the value of payments made in each region from 2000 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. April 2000 to March 2004 Region Number of grants awarded Value of payments (£000) East 47 764 East Midlands 233 4560 London 48 950 North East 416 8652 North West 461 8317 South East 152 2586 South West 92 1423 West Midlands 255 5205 Yorkshire and Humber 349 6931 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of businesses assisted may be slightly lower than the number of grants awarded as a small number of businesses may have received more than one grant. Corresponding data for each constituency are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. As organisations work across constituency boundaries, it is not possible to provide information on a constituency basis.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 200539; 428 c215-6W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Business Grants Government assistance Small businesses Assisted areas Enterprise grant scheme
Contains statistics: Yes
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