HC Deb 02 June 1980 vol 985 cc595-6W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the new projects given assistance from European Economic Community funds in Dundee over the past year.

in both Dundee and Scotland were last registered as employed (a) in the public sector and (b) in the private sector.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The following table gives the information requested at February 1980, the latest date for which an analysis by industry of the unemployed register is available.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The following projects in Dundee received assistance from the European Community in the past year:

Grants

European Regional Development Fund Purchase and installation of Linkspan Roll-on/ Roll-off ferry terminal (Dundee Ports Authority) Provision of facilities at Riverside Airport (Phase II) (Tayside Regional Council) New building and telecommunications equipment (Scottish Telecommunications Board)

Loans

European Investment Bank Re-equipment of copper fittings factory (Delta Metal Co. Ltd.) Construction facilities for North Sea oil platform superstructures (Kestrel Marine Ltd.)

Training schemes throughout the United Kingdom receive support from the European social fund, but detailed estimates for individual areas are not available.