§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing the extent of State financial assistance to industry and agriculture during the financial year 1975–76, showing loans and grants separately for, respectively, investment grants, local employment, training, initial tax allowances, regional employment premimums, selective employment premiums, export credit guarantees, export rebates, military R & D grants and merger finance.
Mr. Alan WilliamsNo information is available for the value of initial tax allowances, and export rebates are no longer given. For the rest of the information requested I would refer my hon. 409W Friend to the published 1975–76 Estimates, the statement on the 1975–76 Defence Estimates (Cmnd. 5976) and the 1975 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 6393).