HC Deb 22 February 1968 vol 759 cc169-70W
59. Mr. Small

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of public investment has been made to development areas since 1965; and what was the percentage allocation to Scotland over that period in money terms.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

This information is not available for development areas. But my hon. Friend may be interested in the figures for public investment in new construction by Planning Region in 1965–66 (figures for 1966–67 are not yet available), which I will with permission circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN NEW CONSTRUCTION,1965–66
Region £ million Percentage of Total
Northern 78.5 4.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 131.4 8.1
East Midlands 89.7 5.5
East Anglia 45.2 2.8
South East 479.0 29.5
South West 89.6 5.5
Wales 97.5 6.0
West Midlands 151.6 9.3
North West 158.2 9.7
Scotland 217.1 13.4
Northern Ireland 42.2 2.6
Not Allocated 44.5 2.8
Total 1,624.5 100.0

Source: Abstract of Regional Statistics 1967. Table 22.