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Regional Development Grants
Mr. Paice:
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. [160626]
Mr. Timms:
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 the period 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 a nd 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
|
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|
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
|
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|
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
|
