Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

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

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;

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