§ 78. Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish local authorities have applied under the Local Employment Act, 1960, for grant in respect of schemes proposed to be carried out by them; how many applications were approved; and what was the amount of grant paid in each case and the percentage of each grant to the total expenditure.
§ Mr. NobleApplications under Section 5 of the Local Employment Act have been received from 30 local authorities in respect of 92 schemes. Of these 55 have been formally approved and a216W further 14 have been approved in principle. On the basis of estimated cost where actual cost is not yet available, grant payments will range from £63 to £30,370 in cases where grant is at the rate of 50 per cent., and from £460 to £81,200 in cases where grant is at the rate of 85 per cent. If the hon. Member wishes further details about any particular schemes perhaps he will let me know.