House of Lords written question – answered on 11 October 2012.
Lord Roberts of Conwy
Conservative
To ask Her Majesty's Government in which regions of the United Kingdom the successful applicant bids in rounds one and two of the regional growth fund process located.
Lord Marland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
The tables below provide the regional allocation of successful bids from round 1 and 2 of the regional growth fund. 57 per cent of the successful bidders now have contracts and are able to draw down funding. We now have a firm and agreed position with nine in 10 bids; six out of 10 projects or programmes have started. Our priority now is to agree a way forward with the final few bidders who have yet to agree terms with us; this will be done during the autumn.
| Regional Spread Round 1 | ||
| Region | Successful (no of contracts) | Amount (£m) |
| North West | 9 | 28 |
| West Midlands | 9 | 107 |
| North East | 23 | 62 |
| East Midlands | 4 | 16 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 8 | 45 |
| South West | 6 | 9 |
| South East | 3 | 6 |
| East of England | 0 | 0 |
| London | 0 | 0 |
| Nationwide | 5 | 175 |
| Total | 67 | 449 |
| Regional Spread Round 2 | ||
| Region | Successful (no of contracts) | Amount (£m) |
| North West | 38 | 206 |
| West Midlands | 22 | 125 |
| North East | 55 | 98 |
| East Midlands | 7 | 72 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 23 | 119 |
| South West | 11 | 91 |
| South East | 10 | 88 |
| East of England | 1 | 10 |
| London | 0 | 0 |
| Other (Nationwide) | 4 | 90 |
| Total | 171 | 899 |
1. Number of bids with a significant impact (>2%) in the given region, bids may cover multiple regions so these figures will not sum to 492
2. Sum of the proportions of employment impact falling in the given region, each bid contributes an impact of 1. Total for table will sum to 492
Yes3 people think so
No3 people think not
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