§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give details of the assistance offered under the industry scheme and the accelerated projects scheme under Section 8 of the Industry Act 1972 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, showing the project size, number of offers made, assistance Riven and project costs.
Mr. Alan WilliamsThe information is as follows:
Number of offers Assistance offered £ million Associated Project costs £ million Industry schemes England … 435 42.1 198.0 Scotland … 60 6.1 34.9 Wales … 12 0.3 1.9 Total … 507 48.5 234.9 Accelerated Projects scheme England … 111 79.5 590.5 Scotland … 6 2.0 33.5 Wales … 2 2.5 16.0 Total … 119 84.0 640.0