§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for building grants or loans under the Local Employment Acts in the development areas of Scotland have been received, accepted, and refused, respectively, during each of the years 1963 to 1966.
§ Mr. JayThe following statement shows how the applications were dealt with.
1963 1964 1965 1966 Building Grants Applications received by Board of Trade * 734 728 865 Approved 7 250 397 590 Rejected on B.O.T.A.C. recommendation 4 14 20 32 Ineligible† or withdrawn‡ * 187 239 240 Loans§ Eligible applications referred to B.O.T.A.C. 145 164 146 168 Approved 56 57 51 38 Rejected 33 21 21 22 Withdrawn‡ 203 80 * Not available. † Applications may be ineligible for such reasons as—application not made in time, applicant not providing sufficient employment to justify grant, applicant not providing building concerned. ‡ A substantial number of applications withdrawn are subsequently resubmitted in a revised form. § Includes some general purpose grants.