§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list in the Official Report the boards, committees and organisations to which he has the
AMOUNT SPENT ON REGIONAL PREFERENTIAL ASSISTANCE* PER EMPLOYEE† BY ASSISTED AREA 1966.67 1967.68 1968.69 1969.70 £ £ £ £ Northern Development Area … 8.7 35.8 56.9 65.6 South-West Development Area … 7.2 14.8 44.4 44.1 Merseyside Development Area … 11.0 3.6 63.9 74.4 Scottish Development Area … 8.2 26.9 48.7 51.1 Welsh Development Area … 10.6 34.3 66.0 69.7 Intermediate Areas … — — — — All Assisted Areas‡ … 9.1 31.5 56.1 62.2
1970.71 1971.72 1972.73 1973.74 £ £ £ £ Northern Development Area … 65.7 60.4 52.7 66.9 South-West Development Area … 58.4 48.9 34.0 39.9 Merseyside Development Area … 75.9 75.1 54.2 70.2 Scottish Development Area … 50.7 44.1 50.4 57.1 Welsh Development Area … 76.1 65.4 61.3 82.3 Intermediate Areas … 2.5 3.3 1.0 5.1 All Assisted Areas‡ … 51.3 43.8 26.7 35.8 * All expenditure is gross and the totals used in the calculations include some small items which cannot be broken down by area. The boundaries of the Assisted Areas have altered over the period. † Numbers of employees for each area have been taken from the mid-year card count from 1966–70 from the mid-year census from 1971–74. ‡ Excluding Derelict Land Clearance Area.