§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the amounts granted to date under Sections 7 and 8 of the Industry Act 1972 to Courtaulds textile division, and in particular for the Courtaulds factory at Skelmersdale and at Belmont, Durham.
Mr. Alan WilliamsUp to 31st October 1976, 22 offers of regional selective assistance totalling £6,744,000 had been made under Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 in aid of 22 textile projects in Courtaulds' factories. These include an offer of £36,000 for a project at the Courtaulds hosiery factory at Skelmersdale—not the factory proposed for closure—and another of £720,000 for a project at Belmont.
In the same period, eight offers of assistance totalling £262,000 were made under Section 8. None of these offers concerned projects at Skelmersdale or Belmont.