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.