§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the total of regional development grants has been paid to firms in (a) Inverclyde district and (b) the Strathclyde region in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation in the form requested is not available. However, payments of old regional development grant for groupings of Department of Employment Local Office Areas (EOAs) corresponding broadly to Inverclyde district and Strathclyde region are given below. Comparable information for payments of new regional development grant is not available.
Inverclyde area £ million Strathclyde area £ million 1979 0.8 18.8 1980 1.6 29.2 1981 5.7 53.7 1982 6.0 65.6 1983 2.9 37.1 1984 5.6 38.5 1985 9.9 45.7 Notes:
(1) Includes payments of over £25,000 only;
(2) Iverclyde area comprises Greenock and Port Glasgow EOAs;
(3) Strathclyde area comprises EOAs in the following old travel-to-work areas: Ayr, Campbeltown, Cumnock, Dumbarton, Dunoon, Girvan, Glasgow, Greenock, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Lanark, Lochgilphead, North Lanarkshire, Oban, Paisley and Rothesay.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of firms in (a) the Inverclyde district and (b) Strathclyde region which have received regional development grant payments since 1979 and have subsequently closed down or announced redundancies; and if he will give an estimate of the numbers of jobs involved.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been paid out in regional development grants in Scotland since the changes announced in November 1984; and what is the proportion paid out to Fife.
§ Mr. Allan StewartIn the period up to end-April 1986, £12.1 million new regional development grant was paid to businesses in Scotland, and no new regional development30W grant had been paid out to businesses in Fife. Comparable figures for payments of old regional development grants are not available.