§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many grants and for
Financial Years 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 £'s million Yorkshire and Humberside Intermediate Area … … 9.6 16.0 23.0 Scotland … … 64.6 83.0 124.4 Wales … … 48.4 57.3 64.4 Notes:
(a)The figures include regional development grants, regional selective financial assistance, the investment grant differential, Local employment Act residual expenditure and expenditure on land and factories. All figures are gross and include payments to nationalized industries.
(b)The figures do not include expenditure by the Offices for Scotland and Wales to which certain responsibilities for regional incentives were transferred during the course of 1975–76.
Records of general expenditure under Section 8 of the Industry Act—which is not confined to the assisted areas—are not kept on a regional basis, but as at 30th November 1976 assistance amounting to approximately £38 million had been approved for projects in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region in respect of the sectoral industry schemes, including the Wool Textile Scheme, and the accelerated projects scheme under Section 8; the comparable figure for Scotland is approximately £8.5 million, and for Wales £2.6 million.