§ 87. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will make a statement on the working in Aberdeen of the measure passed in April, 1963, providing for grants and loans to firms and industries in development areas; how many industrial firms in Aberdeen applied for, and how many were given, such grants and loans; and what were the amounts provided to each.
§ Mr. HeathEighty-two applications for grants under the Local Employment Act, 1963, have been received for projects in Aberdeen. Fifty-three of these applications, for grants estimated at £280,000, have been approved. I am not able to disclose the extent of assistance given to individual firms. The Act does not provide for assistance by way of loan.