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<p>(a) This Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold details of
all individual companies that receive financial support form Yorkshire Forward. Any
financial support which Yorkshire Forward provided within the region was in line with
the Agency’s Regional Economic Strategy and Corporate Plans and within its delegated
financial authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b & c) The Government has
provided £4m to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNER) Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) and £25.7m to the Leeds City Region (LCR) LEP to support growing
businesses in their area through the Regional Growth Fund programme. Businesses in
York are able to apply to access this funding. The YNYER and LCR Growth Deals are
also jointly providing £8m to the bio-hub project at the University of York, which
will support bio-renewable business and drive growth in the sector. In addition, the
Government is providing a total of £925,000 for business support coordination in YNYER
and LCR through our Growth Hub Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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