§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing central Government expenditure and identifiable local authority expenditure, in each of the past 20 years, devoted to the clearance of industrial dereliction.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe following table shows expenditure on schemes carried out by local authorities in Scotland which were completed in each calendar year since 1960 and the amounts of Government grant paid towards the net cost of rehabilitation schemes in each financial year since 1960.
Year Local authority expenditure (including Government grant) £ Financial Year Government grant £ 1960 — 1960–61 25,841 1961 37,000 1961–62 5,822 1962 5,000 1962–63 28,884 1963 73,000 1963–64 41,217 1964 138,000 1964–65 348,364 1965 310,000 1965–66 376,818 1966 417,000 1966–67 432,316 1967 853,000 1967–68 358,090 1968 228,000 1968–69 301,887 1969 358,000 1969–70 514,867 1970 793,000 1970–71 769,150 1971 1,404,000 1971–72 498,720 1972 863,000 1972–73 600,995 1973 (to end September 288,000 1973–74 (to end Sept.) 239,916 The figures are not directly comparable year by year, as grant payments do not keep in step with expenditure. Information for earlier years is not available.