§ 27. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the amounts in loans and grants provided under the Local Employment Act to the cities of Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow during the most recent convenient twelve-month period.
§ Mr. ErrollDuring the 12 months ended 30th November, 1962, total financial assistance offered, excluding offers declined, to projects in the Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow groups of employment exchange areas amounted to £161,000, nil and £422,000, respectively.
§ Mr. ThomsonI thank the right hon. Gentleman, but can he say what he is doing to try to increase the amount of financial aid to the Dundee area in view of the present very difficult employment situation, particularly in engineering?
§ Mr. ErrollFinancial aid, of course, follows the steering of a project to a particular area, and the full range of assistance under the Act is available to any project we may successfully steer to Dundee in the future.