§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total value of Scottish Development Agency grants by year and local authority since 1979.
§ Mr. LangInformation on grants prior to 1981–82 is not available in the form requested. From 1981–82 to 1989–90 the information is set out in the table. Figures for 1989–90 are provisional.
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District 1981–82 £'000 1982–83 £'000 1983–84 £'000 1984–85 £'000 1985–86 £'000 1986–87 £'000 1987–88 £'000 1988–89 £'000 11989–90 £'000 Grampian — — — 60 989 276 130 629 1,571 Moray — — — — — 35 8 55 29 Banff and Buchan — — — 45 23 38 40 22 92 Gordon — — — — — 35 — 7 28 Aberdeen City — — — 15 966 168 82 545 1,315 Kincardine and Deeside — — — — — — — — — Grampian Composite — — — — — — — — 107 Highland — — — 125 148 1 111 146 132 Caithness — — — — — — — — — Sutherland — — — — — — — — — Ross and Cromarty — — — 125 148 — — — — Nairn — — — — — — — — — Inverness — — — — — — — — — Skye and Lochalsh — — — — — — — — — Lochaber — — — — — 1 — — — Badenoch and Strathspey — — — — — — — — — Highland Composite — — — — — — 111 146 132 Western Isles — — — — — — — — — Orkney — — — — — — — — — Shetland — — — — — — — — — Scotland Composite 600 394 657 1,908 4,598 6,432 5,542 5,643 8,671 SDA Total expenditure 600 700 5,500 10,600 10,700 19,900 19,000 26,057 24,157 1 Figures for 1989–90 should be considered provisional only as they have not been fully reconciled. It should be noted that grant expenditure figures include payments in respect of business advisory services.