§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list for the last financial year for which figures are available the total amounts of industrial development aid available from central Government to Scotland, Wales and the
£ million Scotland Wales South-West Assisted Area Part I: Payment of regional development grant 105.0 70.4 7.2 Part II: Section 7—Offers of regional selective assistance 35.1 7.1 2.5 Section 8—Offers of selective financial assistance 6.6 2.2 2.3 Part III Assistance to the shipbuilding industry under the Construction Grant Scheme 0.04 — — TOTAL 146.9 79.7 12.0 Average per head of working population 66.3 71.4 40.8 In addition, an offer of £75 million was made to the Ford Motor Company under section 7 to assist job creation and job preservation in the motor vehicle industry, mainly in Wales and the North-West region.