§ Mr. Leeasked the Attorney-General when he expects the completion of the report from the Director of Public Prosecutions on the Lonrho Group of Companies.
§ The Attorney-GeneralEnquiries by the police on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions have only recently begun. It is too early to give any reliable estimate of the date of completion.
390Witemise the amount spent on the principal types of support, namely regional development grants, provision of land and buildings and selective assistance.
Mr. Alan WilliamsTotal expenditure in the United Kingdom on regional support and regeneration was as follows:
£ million at historic prices, net of repayments and excluding public corporations 1970–71 … … 283 1971–72 … … 238 1972–73 … … 235 1973–74 … … 300 1974–75 … … 450 1975–76 (Provisional) … … 593 I regret that as no geographical breakdown has been kept of expenditure on some programmes it is not possible to provide comparable figures for total expenditure in the South-West assisted area. But the available information about the main programmes of regional assistance currently provided in the assisted areas is shown in the following table: