§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing how much was paid out in each of the past three years, to (a) manufacturing and (b) non-manufacturing industry by way of loans and grants, respectively, for investment, distinguishing as appropriate between various categories.
§ Mr. MacGregorFinancial assistance has been made available to manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries in Great Britain under parts I and II of the Industry Act 1972 in each of the last three years as follows:
Part I Payments of regional development grants Manufacturing £ million Non-manufacturing £ million 1978–79 388.9 28.1 1979–80 318.9 11.9 1980–81 484.5 6.1
Part II Section 7: Payments of regional selective assistance Grants £ million Loans £ million Grants £ million Loans £ million 1978–79 88.9 4.8 3.5 — 1979–80 68.5 1.0 3.9 — 1980–81 64.3 0.1 6.1 —
Part II Section 8: Payment of selective financial assistance Grants £ million Loans £ million Grants £ million Loans £ million 1978–79 59.6 — 3.7 — 1979–80 68.9 — 5.1 — 1980–81 69.5 — 4.3 — Regional development grants ceased to be available to non-manufacturing industries from 1 April 1977. Loans under section 7 were not offered after 17 July 1979 and the sectoral and investment schemes under section 8 had no provision for loans.