§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list by constituency the value of assistance and refinancing for the shipbuilding industry in 1979 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. ButcherTotal assistance for shipbuilding in 1979–80, including the provision to British Shipbuilders of public dividend capital, intervention fund payments to the public and private sector, payments made under the shipbuilding redundancy payments scheme and the provision of regional development grant to the shipbuilding and marine engineering industries, amounted to £232.5 million. The equivalent figure for 1983–84, the latest period for which full information is available, was £358.3 million.
A detailed breakdown of these figures by constituency is not readily available and its provision would involve disproportionate cost.