§ 30. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement of the number, amounts and incidence of grants and loans under the Local Employment Act provided to the latest date to the appropriate areas in north-east Scotland; how many of those grants and loans were offered and declined respectively; and what were the principal reasons for refusal of the assistance offered.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. David Price)Since the Answer contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the Official Report. I cannot give separate figures for loans and grants. In the two cases where offers were declined I cannot reveal the amount of assistance which 1081 was offered or the reasons for which it was declined. Any of this information
| The following table sets out the financial assistance offered to projects in North-East Scotland:— | ||||
| — | Number of projects offered assistance | Offers declined | Excluding offers declined | |
| Amount offered | Estimated extra jobs | |||
| £ | ||||
| Aberdeen Group (of Employment Exchange areas) | 6 | 2 | 188,200 | 252 |
| Buckie/Peterhead Group | 3 | — | ||
| Total—North-East Scotland | 9 | 2 | 188,200 | 252 |