§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a table of expenditure on regional financial assistance since the 1984 revision of the assisted areas at(a) current prices and (b) 1984 prices in the travel-to-work areas of Arbroath, Bathgate, Cumnock and Sanquhar, Dumbarton, Dundee, Glasgow, Greenock, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Alloa, Ayr, Campbeltown, Dunfermline, Dunoon and Bute, Falkirk, Forres, Girvan, Invergordon/Dingwall, Kirkcaldy, Lochaber and Newton Stewart.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 29 June 1992]: The available information, which relates to regional selective assistance, regional enterprise grants and revised regional development grant, is given in the tables. Corresponding information on original regional development grant could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table 2 Gross expenditure on regional financial assistance to industry in Scotland at 1984–85 prices1 2 £ million 1984–853 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Travel-to-work areas Alloa 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 Arbroath 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8 Ayr 0.2 1.5 2.0 2.7 1.4 0.9 2.0 2.0 Bathgate 1.6 4.9 5.4 4.9 7.8 11.1 12.7 8.7 Campbeltown — — — — — — — — Cumnock and Sanquhar 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 Dumbarton 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 Dundee 1.4 2.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 3.5 6.1 2.6 Dunfermline 0.1 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.5 1.0 1.2 0.5 Dunoon and Bute — — — — — — — — Falkirk 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.3 1.5 1.5 Forres — — — — — — — — Girvan — — 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 — Glasgow 5.7 18.1 25.6 25.5 26.3 27.0 22.4 16.4 Greenock 0.3 3.7 1.5 4.5 4.2 2.9 9.2 3.3 Invergordon and Dingwall 0.3 0.3 0.3 — — — — — Irvine 1.6 7.9 7.4 8.6 9.4 5.7 5.3 3.6 Kilmarnock — 0.6 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 Kirkcaldy 0.9 3.6 4.3 4.0 2.4 2.2 3.0 1.5 Lanarkshire 1.6 5.0 7.3 7.8 8.0 7.1 5.2 5.1 Lochaber — — — — 0.2 0.2 — — Newton Stewart — — — — — — — 1Excludes original regional development grant. 2Adjusted by GDP deflator. 3From 29 November 1984.