Speeches

MiDavies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many enterprise zone bid applications have been received in each region.

James Wharton

I am delighted to confirm that we received 54 applications in the new Enterprise Zone bidding round by the closing date of Friday 18 September. The breakdown of applications is as follows;

Area

Number of bids received

East of England

6

East Midlands

9

North East

2

North West

9

South East

9

South West

8

West Midlands

6

Yorkshire & Humber

5

TOTAL

54

In view of the number of applications received, it will be a very competitive process and only the strongest bids will be selected.