§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the amounts made available to the
Financial years 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s Section 7 — 381 7,126 2,045 Regional development grants 62 2,339 8,772 6,292* Section 8 — — — 12,000 Total 62 2,720 15,898 20,337 * To 31st December 1975. Payments to the textile industry (excluding clothing and footwear) to 31st January 1976: Section 7 150 2,660 2,407 1,228 Regional development grants 1,000 7,700 14,520 7,800* Section 8—Wool Textile Scheme — — 2,600 3,900 Total 1,150 10,360 19,527 12,928 * To 31st December 1975. In addition, guarantees totalling £100 million were provided to the bankers of the British Leyland Motor Corporation during 1974–75 and 1975–76 and these have now been extinguished. The full assistance available to Chrysler (UK) Ltd., is as stated to the House on 16th December 1975.
The total expenditure available under the Wool Textile Scheme is £18 million.